Earl (08-20-2019)
The article in its entirety is very worth the read.Around the world, people are realizing the current path will lead only to disaster, and they’re beginning to ask the hard questions about what to do next.
When I ask an audience, “Who believes we are on a path to self-extinction?” nearly every hand goes up. It’s a sign of a growing awareness that humanity is on a path to self-imposed environmental and social collapse. For me, that awareness is a source of hope.
A transformation to ecological civilization is both possible and essential to the future of humanity. It’s spurred by growing awareness of the extent to which past cultural, institutional, and infrastructure choices disrupt our connections to one another and Earth to serve the interests of the very rich at the expense of the well-being of everyone else. This now poses an existential threat to our future. But evidence that this awareness is spreading gives me a renewed hope that humanity can and will rise to the challenge of the transition.
1. Earth balance
2. Equitable distribution
3. Life-serving technologies
4. Living communities
The transition will test the limits of human creativity, social intelligence, and commitment to collaborate in the face of relentless establishment opposition. We now equate money to wealth and see making money as the key to well-being and happiness. In doing so, we ignore the reality that we are living beings born of and nurtured by a living Earth. Money is merely a number that has no intrinsic value. To destroy life only so that the financial assets of billionaires can grow is a monumental act of collective stupidity.
Forward-looking communities around the world are engaged in advancing these transformations on both micro and macro scales. Their activities must become the norm everywhere, with all peoples and governments freely sharing the lessons of their efforts to develop proven, deeply democratic approaches to local self-reliance and liberation from corporate rule. The well-being of people and planet will rise, as corporate profits fall.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2...man-extinction
Capitalism as is it is now will not just not save civilization but will continue to destroy it.
But is mankind worth saving after all? It has produced the sociopaths and insatiable greed that is profiting off of this destruction.
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Earl (08-20-2019)
DigitalDave (08-20-2019), Iolo/Penderyn (08-21-2019), moon (08-20-2019), PoliTalker (08-20-2019), Trumpet (08-19-2019)
^another socialist in search of a problem
capitalism and mass marketing have made us all live better then any kings of 100 years agothe well-being of people and planet will rise, as corporate profits fall.
Bigdog (08-19-2019), Sirthinksalot (08-20-2019), Truth Detector (08-19-2019)
Callinectes (08-20-2019), Sirthinksalot (08-20-2019), Truth Detector (08-19-2019)
begging the government to save them is like the jews asking the nazis for help
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
John Barron (08-19-2019), Rune (08-20-2019)
So people in China, India the Middle East etc. etc. don't use birth control because of the religious right in America? I was unaware they had that much power globally. We all know the Catholic Church was for birth control up until the religious right started gaining power in the '80's and now they are against it. Same with the Muslims. Hopefully we can reverse that.
Bigdog (08-19-2019)
The idea that man has the power to change earths climate is absurd and the epitome of arrogance.
So what man made event started the global warming and melting of the North American ice sheets 2.5 million years ago? I would like a leftist warming alarmist to answer this question. So far all we get is more lying, flailing and crying when asked this question.
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
Bigdog (08-19-2019)
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
Bigdog (08-19-2019)
Truth Detector (08-22-2019)
Sirthinksalot (08-20-2019), Truth Detector (08-22-2019)
I hope it happens on or near what would have been the end of my life anyway.Human Extinction
Fuck the human race.
Mostly greedy, selfish assholes who never deserved the beautiful world they were given.
C'MON MAN!!!!
Trumpet (08-19-2019)
We're well on our way to starving Asia to death and perhaps other parts of the 3rd world. And if its not starvation it will be lack of water.
There is no stopping this.
Just too many mouths in the wide world.
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.
Rune (08-20-2019)
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