I'm reading "
Collapse Now and Avoid the Rush" by John Michael Greer.
While I'm dubious about some of his predictions (he's more optimistic for humanity's prospects than I am), I've enjoyed his theories. For example:
He puts forward an idea that those who were taken up with End Of Times Christian movements in the 70s, once the end of times didn't come, revolted against the church by embracing the Satanic Bible. They would use Ayn Rand as a shibboleth in conversations to signal their allegiance to Satan, and then go on to move Evangelical circles into a very self-made-man self-righteousness. Really mind bending theory and fun / horrifying to read.
He also re-imagines Lord of the Rings, where Frodo decides to not go on the quest and instead continue with BAU that ends in him truly burying his head in the sand as middle earth is taken over by whatever dark forces exist in LOTR (I'm not a LOTR fanatic so IDK the characters). Then it ends with you being Frodo's nephew and you can go on the quest but it's gonna be many times harder than it would've been if Frodo (read Reagan's Morning in America) had just gone on the fricking quest in the first place.
I agree with him in much of the book - how we really took a wrong turn with Reagan and all but abandoned the quest for energy conservation and instead embraced cheap-energy addiction. As a result, we are pretty well fucked right now.
It's also kinda cool that he's an arch-druid. I mean, I don't really know much about arch-druidism beyond his brief description, but it's a colorful affiliation.
@mxt0133 :
Capital in the 21t Century is one of my favorite books ever. It's well worth reading slowly and soaking up the details. I love how he pulls in 19th century fiction to illustrate dynamics of capital over time, for example.
After Cap in 21st Century, you may enjoy
Present at the Creation by Dean Acheson. I found it to be similarly dense yet engaging. Different topic, but IDK, for some reason I put them in a similar category.