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Localization will be a key element of a future sustainable economy. But it has to be accompanied by deindustrialization (also called “degrowth”) and crucial paradigm shifts in values and ethics, resulting in a lifestyle of harmonious existence within nature that is very different from todays consumerism.

Deindustrialization is happening in Europe, as Russian energy is switched off either by Western nations themselves or by the helping hand of Uncle Sam, who just blew up the Nord Stream pipelines. Stainless steel mills already shut down in August, Aluminum smelters are next, then come the big chemical plants of Bayer, BASF, and others.

Europeans will have to learn how to live without the latest iPhone, without cheap apparel from China Xinjiang, and without all the other trendy consumer goods shipped across the globe.

There will be much handwringing by the economists as consumers spend less and companies close, there will be high unemployment, but people will have more time to repair machines, appliances, and gadgets instead of just throwing them away and replacing them. People will have more time to grow their own food, they will learn to replace household essentials by ingenious solutions which use natural materials from the forests, gardens, and meadows.

Tourism and air travel will be a luxury again, hiking the local forests will become the norm.

Localization and deindustrialization will happen, and change will be imposed on the adamant and unteachable by environmental catastrophes, scarcity of crucial supplies, and bloody resource wars (of which the NATO-Russia conflict is a first harbinger). It will be painful, even deadly for some, but the writing is on the wall and the sensible ones will acculturate, accommodate, adjust, and get used to the new life.

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This video says the same thing... especially go local banks and credit unions that have NO CONNECTION with The Fed. He also mentions go local with small businesses and farmer's markets. In other words, make "Parallel Economy" and get away from elite Globalists that are enslaving us with Big Bank debt and serfdom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt15xP8SLcg

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You’re still safe from Ian?

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So far Cindy, thank you for asking :) I am getting the intermittent bands of rain, and lots of big puddles. Luckily I re-parked the car this morning on a slight incline so the water is flowing down under it. The screen porch door has broken handle for years and was banging annoyingly, so I went out and tied it to porch post so it won't bang all night long. Got soaked and drying off now. I feel like I am channeling my Dad with everything I need to hunker down. ;) Ian is now CAT 4 moving 10 miles an hour and still 120 miles SW from Orlando. Local news just said Orlando(Orange County) will get the worst tonight through morning. Hopefully it will be CAT 1 by then. I don't mind hurricanes; it is the tornadic spinoffs that scare me :(

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Awake and observing aftermath. Front and side yards are flooded up to house, but not the sidewalk to the front door, so no water in the house or garage! Toilets still not flushing normally. I will contact a plumber Friday. Hopefully some of this water will go down in the ground. I hope the septic tank was not affected. Thank God we dodged this landfall and eye in Orlando! The SW coast got hit hard. I hope everyone else in Florida is safe and ok. Please check-in and let us know how you are all doing if you went through IAN. PS In shock watching local news, houses and cars about 8 miles away from us are underwater! :(

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I have been a fan of mom/ pop stores for the last 30 years.

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