Re-creating community is a big part of what Transition Towns are about. Being able to rely on the people around you will be a major factor in how pleasant the post-oil future will be. It’s also more likely that a consolidated, central voice will get the message to our politician’s that massive changes need to be made.
But if American anger remains corralled on the Internet, into e-mail messages to Congress and in sporadic small-group protests, it is unlikely that the Obama administration will do much to assuage the anger of taxpayers. Administration officials certainly don’t seem concerned that rage will heat up and overflow; after all, anticipating unrest would mean a broad and intensive campaign to shore up housing, food and welfare safety nets.
