Crazy Town

Tis but a Scratch: the Insanity of Getting the Economy "Back to Normal"

June 17, 2020 Post Carbon Institute: sustainability, climate, collapse, and dark humor Episode 31
Crazy Town
Tis but a Scratch: the Insanity of Getting the Economy "Back to Normal"
Show Notes

You know you're in for a bumpy ride when societal institutions start behaving like the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. In one of the most famous comedic movie scenes of all time, the delusional knight believes he can keep fighting ("It's just a flesh wound.") as geysers of blood spurt from his severed limbs. Similarly communities, corporations, and entire nations are clamoring for a return to normal after months of corona-induced quarantines, even though business as usual was already chopping the limbs off of planetary life-support systems and unjustly drawing blood from people in need all over the world. In the season finale of Crazy Town during this upside down year of 2020, it's only fitting that a return to "normal" actually means a return to "crazy." For episode notes and more information, please visit our website and sign up for our newsletter.

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