I’m about to put a list of links to distributist and agrarian sites in the sidebar over there on the right, starting with that New Agrarians site that Daniel recommended last week. A couple that I’ve known about for a while are www.distributism.com and www.distributism.org. The former includes a link to this excellent introduction to distributism by Thomas Storck. There’s also this blog, The Distributist Review, which I ran across some time ago but haven’t read lately.
If you know of any worthwhile additions to this list, please let us know, either in a comment or by the "Email me" link to the left.
Personally I have a somewhat limited interest in detailed discussions about possible alternative economic schemes (but don’t let that stop you from having one!). We can’t just start from scratch to invent a new economy, nice as that might be, and I’m more interested in other things. Nevertheless I keep my hand in, so to speak, intellectually, because if there is one sweeping political statement to which I’ll commit myself, it’s that the existing capitalist system is going to have to be somehow tamed if our civilization is not to become an abomination (I know, some would say it already is, but I think we have quite a long way to go yet). And the basic idea of distributism seems to provide the right direction.
—Maclin Horton
Hello Maclin and everyone,
It’s been a while since I’ve posted; Happy Easter to all. I have a long-standing interest in Peak Oil and related limitations on energy consumption. There is a large wing of the Peak Oil community that is interested in things that I believe distributists, etc., are interested in also, such as the relocalization of economic life, organic agriculture, the formation of more compact and walkable living arrangements, etc. I myself am not very knowledgeable about this, since I believe the implications of Peak Oil are decidedly apocalyptic in the strict, religious sense of the term, but those interested in these matters might find the following site a good place to start:
http://www.energybulletin.net
Just a brief addendum: The Peak Oil community tends overwhelmingly to be dominated either by people who make science and technology their religion, or who make some form of paganism their religion. As an orthodox Christian, I would welcome the addition of some others who share my outlook to join me into contributing to the free-for-all-type discussions that surround the topic of Peak Oil and impending resource limits.
Other sites to look at are the following:
http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net
http://www.theoildrum.com
The Deliberate Agrarian is a good one!
http://thedeliberateagrarian.blogspot.com/
Hi Maclin,
There is also a Yahoo Group run by Roy F Moore. I have participated on that in the past.
I really am going to add those links to the sidebar before too much more time passes. Really.