I haven't been posting much lately; words seem inadequate in light of world events, and their power appears to fork little lightning no matter how dire things are.
With the latest superstorm bearing down on Florida, the following seems a pertinent reminder of our peril:
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How many times do people have to be hit in the head until they understand, Lorne? Perhaps they're just punch drunk.
ReplyDeleteIf they won't heed the current signs and latest warning, I doubt they ever will, Owen.
DeleteWe've come to believe ourselves powerless to deal with these existential threats. That's not difficult to understand given the enormity of change that's required if we're to tackle the Mean
ReplyDeleteThree - climate change, overpopulation and over-consumption.
They all have one core element in common. We have to get humanity back inside Spaceship Earth. We have to bring the global economy safely back within the limits of the Earth's finite carrying capacity.
It's only when we accept that imperative, getting safely back within Spaceship Earth that can come up with honest answers to how we can do that. Many of them we won't like. We will cling tightly to the very behaviours that have brought us to this horrible predicament as though having another bottle will fix our alcoholism.
Our refusal to face reality is going to be our doom, Mound. The kind of sacrifice required to save us seems beyond not only our politics but our collective will; we refuse to give up the bloated lives we have enjoyed for so long.
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