I always enjoy his rantings (along with Jeff's

"...When faced with the sort of predicament we currently find ourselves in, even more existential questions might dominate our thinking, such as Is there more to life than working hard, buying stuff, taking on debt, and getting older? or even What's the meaning of life? The primary narrative telling us that we are supposed to work hard, consume harder, and keep ourselves centered on the treadmill that we seem to have been born upon is beginning to unravel..."

www.zerohedge.com/news/chris-martenson-trouble-money

Definitely a Voice of Reason.

Rational and moderate people (like Martenson) are now openly rejecting the Western capitalist model of infinite growth (and "climing the ladder") are realizing that these ideals of the rat-race were NEVER plausible long-term models of human behavior.

With ordinary people having seen their standard of living plummeting lower for 40 years, there is VERY little greed left amongst the masses. The MANIA with buying huge houses appears to be waning on both sides of the border - as people ask themselves how much they can/will spend on heating (or cooling) and maintaining these jumbo-homes, while their paycheques are shrinking and the cost of EVERYTHING is rising.

This is bad news for the banksters as these lower expectations mean people will be much less willing to take on needless/discretionary debt for ordinary consumption.