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[quote="cturtle"]Right on, western civilizations used (abused) their natural resources until they were depleted then colonized others' lands to provide the means to continue their expansion.[/quote]
[quote="takemeseriously"] what you're really fighting for is destruction of commercialism and capitalism.[/quote]
In the context of "environmental crisis", "technology" and "consumerism" I would like to give an analogy.
A person is being stabbed repeatedly at regular intervals - every hour.
Some people are trying to save the victim.
The sane way to save is - you first stop the attack – you prevent the attack.
What these insane people do - they allow the attack to be continued. They don’t stop it -- they don’t prevent it.
Instead, what they do - They say we are going to save the victim by using technology - the best technology - the best medical care.
Bring this technology - Bring that technology.
Bring this technology - Bring that technology.
They give the victim the best technology - the best medical care.
In the meantime the stabbing continues – every hour – even while the best medical care is being given.
One can imagine the fate of the victim.
Ecosystems are getting destroyed due to production of consumer goods.
Every consumer good is made by killing animals, trees, air, water and land - directly or indirectly. [ more killing of nature takes place when consumer goods are used and discarded]
Industrial society is destroying necessary things - animals, trees, air, water and land for making unnecessary things - consumer goods.
The sane way of saving ecosystems is - you stop production of consumer goods - you reduce production of consumer goods to the minimum level.
But the insane Industrial Society continues producing consumer goods [ in fact production is being increased every day]
The insane response of Industrial Society is - We will save the environment with technology - the best technology.
Bring this technology - Bring that technology.
Bring this technology - Bring that technology.
In the meantime production of consumer goods continues - 3 billion people living in cities are continuously engaged in - making , buying and selling of consumer goods - killing the ecosystems moment by moment.
One can imagine the fate of environment.
Height of Insanity.......Height of Abnormality.
Destroy consumerism..... before it is too late.
sushil_yadav
Corrupt
ePhilosopher
ForeignPolicy
Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment
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