History Channel playing "Prophets of Doom"

[matmar]

on now @8am-10am eastern and again this afternoon 2pm-4pm eastern

documentary on the collapse of America due to overpopulation, fossil fuel reliance and oligarghic capitalism

[SpiralHawk]

1. Brought to you by The Profiteers of Doom (R)

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Terrifically popular with the Ron Paul crowd

What with all the woo & whatnot. BTW, it's available any ol' time you want it on YouTube - commercial-free & chock full o'nutz!

[matmar]

4. I didn't know that....thanks...

The financial "prophet of doom" seemed to gloss over the fact it was a lack of regulation that created the Great Depression....

[Skidmore]

3. I kind of see the program as a means to get people used to the idea that

America will collapse just like they continually prime the pump for the hysteria about end times and endless war.

[Ineeda]

5. IIRC, one of the most serious

problems facing the planet, in their opinion, is water. It's my opinion, too. I saw this show a while back and, frankly, don't disagree with much of their analysis. Maybe I'm dense, but I don't understand why other posters are disparaging this documentary.

[Javaman]

6. Maybe I should sell them my idea: Tea Leaves of Disaster. nt

[Brigid]

7. I'm watching too.

I've seen it before. I, too, don't know why some are making light of this. My vote for biggest threat: The water issue. There is no substitute for water, and without it you die in a few days. How do you deal with that?

My favorite moment in this documentary: A raggedy, hungry-looking man finds a magazine and picks it up, presumably to use it as fuel. If I had been the director, I would have used a copy of the Wall Street Journal, and asked the actor to make sure the title is clearly visible to the camera.