{"id":7100,"date":"2012-11-15T13:28:51","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T21:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/?p=7100"},"modified":"2012-11-15T13:29:17","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T21:29:17","slug":"from-paul-kinsnorth-this-collapse-is-a-crisis-of-bigness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/15\/from-paul-kinsnorth-this-collapse-is-a-crisis-of-bigness\/","title":{"rendered":"(from Paul Kingsnorth) &#8220;This collapse is a &#8216;crisis of Bigness'&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AN EXCERPT:\u00a0<\/strong> To listen to a political leader at this moment in history is like <strong>sitting through a sermon by a priest who has lost his faith but is desperately trying not to admit it, even to himself.<\/strong> Watch Nick Clegg, David Cameron or Ed Miliband mouthing tough-guy platitudes to the party faithful. Listen to Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy or George Papandreou pretending that all will be well in the eurozone. <strong>Study the expressions on the faces of Barack Obama or Ben Bernanke talking about \u201cgrowth\u201d as if it were a heathen god to be appeased by tipping another cauldron\u2019s worth of fictional money into the mouth of a volcano.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK THE TOP IMAGE TO READ THE ARTICLE IN FULL&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulkingsnorth.net\/journalism\/this-collapse-is-a-crisis-of-bigness\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7101\" title=\"paulkingsworth\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/paulkingsworth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/15\/from-paul-kinsnorth-this-collapse-is-a-crisis-of-bigness\/kohr1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7102\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7102\" title=\"KOHR1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/KOHR1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/KOHR1.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/KOHR1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-7103\" title=\"4-Leopold Kohr-Portrait\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/4-Leopold-Kohr-Portrait-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/4-Leopold-Kohr-Portrait-769x1024.jpg 769w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/4-Leopold-Kohr-Portrait-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/4-Leopold-Kohr-Portrait.jpg 2040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Leopold Kohr<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AN EXCERPT:\u00a0 To listen to a political leader at this moment in history is like sitting through a sermon by a priest who has lost his faith but is desperately trying not to admit it, even to himself. Watch Nick Clegg, David Cameron or Ed Miliband mouthing tough-guy platitudes to the party faithful. 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