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    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
    The article in its entirety is very worth the read.

    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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    ^another socialist in search of a problem
    the well-being of people and planet will rise, as corporate profits fall.
    capitalism and mass marketing have made us all live better then any kings of 100 years ago

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cinnabar View Post
    The article in its entirety is very worth the read.

    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 that are profiting off of this destruction.
    Another dopey cunt, if you're worried so much how about you advocate telling Catholics and Muslims to stop having so many fucking children?

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    Another dopey cunt, if you're worried so much how about you advocate telling Catholics and Muslims to stop having so many fucking children?
    Mr dopey cunt, it's the Religious Right, which is part of the GOP, that's opposing birth control of any kind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trumpet View Post
    Mr dopey cunt, it's the Religious Right, which is part of the GOP, that's opposing birth control of any kind.
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cinnabar View Post
    The article in its entirety is very worth the read.

    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.
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nomad View Post
    Unless you just can't stand the idea of "ni**ers" teaching white kids.


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    Address the topic, not other posters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trumpet View Post
    Mr dopey cunt, it's the Religious Right, which is part of the GOP, that's opposing birth control of any kind.
    The GOP is opposed to birth control of any kind? When did that happen you lying twat?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nomad View Post
    Unless you just can't stand the idea of "ni**ers" teaching white kids.


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    Address the topic, not other posters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cinnabar View Post
    The article in its entirety is very worth the read.

    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Cinnabar View Post
    The article in its entirety is very worth the read.

    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.
    It looks like a whole buncha shit meant to mask the commie dream of item #2 in your opening post, redistribution of wealth. Lipstick on a pig.
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    Human Extinction
    I hope it happens on or near what would have been the end of my life anyway.

    Fuck the human race.

    Mostly greedy, selfish assholes who never deserved the beautiful world they were given.
    https://i.postimg.cc/PqVCnGks/gojoe1.jpg
    C'MON MAN!!!!

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    ^another socialist in search of a problem
    capitalism and mass marketing have made us all live better then any kings of 100 years ago
    ^^^ Another useful idiot and Marxist tool.

    Capitalism has plusses and negatives, Mrs. Bubbles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    ^another socialist in search of a problem
    capitalism and mass marketing have made us all live better then any kings of 100 years ago
    ^another mindless right-wing vomit from the fake Buddhist.
    https://i.postimg.cc/PqVCnGks/gojoe1.jpg
    C'MON MAN!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trumpet View Post
    Mr dopey cunt, it's the Religious Right, which is part of the GOP, that's opposing birth control of any kind.
    Give me a break, that's a mere piss in a bucket compared to the billions extra in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
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