Summary: If you translate "industrial accident&quot" into Russian and then back into English, you're likely to end up with "technogenic catastrophe." Might the Gulf Oil Spill be the American Chernobyl? KMO welcomes Dmitry Orlov back to the podcast to examine these questions and to explain why collapse is the optimistic scenario, why it isn't necessary or even helpful for his message to find a mainstream audience, and why working for reform of the current political establishment is not a credible or worthwhile activity. Music by Tibet2Timbuk2 I'll be meeting up with C-Realm listeners at the Flying Saucer in Raleigh, NC this coming Saturday. Leave a comment or send email (kmo at c-realm dot com) if you're interested in joining the crew: http://www.beerknurd.com/stores/raleigh/
