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Breaking Together

A Freedom-Loving Response to Collapse

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Breaking Together

By: Jem Bendell
Narrated by: Matthew Slater
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The collapse of modern societies has begun. That is the conclusion of two years of research by the interdisciplinary team behind Breaking Together.

How did it come to this? Because monetary systems caused us to harm each other and nature to such an extent it broke the foundations of our societies. So what should we do? This audiobook describes people allowing the full pain of our predicament to liberate them into living more courageously and creatively. They demonstrate we can be breaking together, not apart, in this era of collapse.

Jem Bendell argues that reclaiming our freedoms is essential to soften the fall and regenerate the natural world. Escaping the efforts of panicking elites, we can advance an ecolibertarian agenda for both politics and practical action in a broken world.

©2023 Jem Bendell (P)2023 Jem Bendell Freedom & Security History & Philosophy Philosophy Politics & Government Science Freedom Capitalism Socialism Economic disparity Taxation Economic Inequality Liberalism

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Honest and informative, this is a guide to our collective predicament and how we can meet it together. Neither sugar coated nor defeatist, but a dose of reality to reorganise around, for those who care about our environment and our future well being.

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Apart from the narrator, who read as from a phone register, I weirdly «enjoyed» this book. Warning: It is definitely not for anyone not already immersed in collapse theories and the state of our global eco system. But, it is incredibly detailed and thorough. Many times I found myself thinking «but What about..», only for Jem to answer it shortly after. I am ready to accept collapse now, I think.

Comprehensive walkthrough of the collapse of modern society and tools to begin a new

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A humanity focused response to understanding climate change, with no holds barred chapters. Kind, and kindly words.

What good can come from understanding Collapse?

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This is one you need to stick with till the not so bitter end or it could be just overwhelming and a bit traumatic. There is so much in here both thought provoking and informative. Extremely well thought out and a good balance of pragmatism and philosophy as well as hard facts. If you have a grave sense of foreboding about the future, perhaps like me you'll continue to but you may also feel validated and somewhat reassured. I will leave it there and go cultivate my garden. Thanks Jem, this must have been much harder to write than read/listen to 🙏

bleak but brilliant

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A vast amount of high quality research and experience has gone into this book, and it provides a rich well of food for thought for anyone wanting to know more and/or adapt to the obvious collapse of multiple systems of modern society we are currently going through.
Narration is superb, and the index is very good, allowing you to easily find areas of particular interest.

Highly recommend. Content gives superb value

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