There are three basic themes in Ralph Borsodi\'s This Ugly Civilization a critique of modern industrial civilization, achieving personal economic independence, and maximizing individual potential.
The logical steps are given for moving beyond a "victory garden" so that each of us may cultivate a human-scale existence compatible with nature and the purs.
Borsodi advocates a lifestyle of self-reliance and decentralized power, and outlines how it can be realized either by one man or by all.
There are three basic themes in Ralph Borsodi\'s This Ugly Civilization a critique of modern industrial civilization, achieving personal economic independence, and maximizing individual potential