We should tax wealth apart from income...and put a backstop to prevent capital flight

[NoOneMan]

157. It doesn't need you to advocate for it

Its where we are heading. Wheat, corn and soy may not be able to be grown in America by 2050. At least 3 billion are estimated to face famine by the end of the century.

What I advocate for is regional resilience. Get people making their own food locally in a sustainable manner with many levels of failure covered (putting a heavy emphasis on drought-resistant woody perinials & foraged meats). Shift away from a large agricultural systems of monocropping (that is immensely energy-expensive) and try and restore fruit and nut bearing species all around us that promote local biodiversity. We could make a national effort (did you know FDR planted 3 billion trees?) but we will not. Instead, it will be regional and people will die who are not part of regions that are transitioning.

Perpetuating civilization to avoid deaths caused from its collapse will only create a larger monster that will fall harder. Organizing a decline in complexity by shifting to a regional focus that emphasis food security and independence can avoid many of these pitfalls. Essentially, we stand where we can either choose to get rid of our system (and replace it quickly in a very intelligent manner) or we can cling on until its ripped from us. Its the clinging (which you are doing) that will ultimately cause more harm in my opinion. But it is what is more politically viable.