Creating the future we want requires taking a hard look at what ails us—and supporting those committed to telling the truth, no matter the consequences
Good morning all! Steven, I never heard of that book, but the same message in a perhaps different way that affected me profoundly at that time (early seventies) was Diet for A Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappe (who is still doing her work, and well!). It opened my eyes to worldwide agricultural practices and how they affect the earth and all of us. I was sure people would get it and, well, we could have been in a very different place right now if they had. On my morning walk at 6:30 this morning (a must for basic sanity), with two happy dogs, I was thinking of the Zero Population movement around 1970 as well....and how now the radicals who are making horrendous decisions have the opposite, nosensical approach: increase the birth rate. What?! Still, and all....onward, solidarity, optimism! Make sure you all take care of yourselves. We do have work to do.
Human nature and reality are often at odds with each other.The former never changes, the latter, day by day. People are by nature, primarily interested in what is immediately affecting them.They talk about what's for dinner, which salon is best for getting artificial nails, how much weight they need to lose, what everything costs, their vacation plans, their, of course, brilliant children, their jobs, and so on.The reality is dinner-maybe ordered by phone and delivered to the doorstep while the thin old lady in the grocery line is buying 1/2 pound of cold meat and 2 cans of cat food;"beauty" enhancements-$45-60 for manicure,$100 for fancy acrylic ones (that look trashy) while Walmart sells better looking clear polish for $1.97; around 75% of Americans are overweight and love BOGO donuts, chips, candy ,yet complain, while 48.8million including 16 million children go hungry (a man was asked at store to donate to United Way, no, he said, then spent over $3 for a pack of gum his daughter wanted); inflation is here-even Dr. Oz complained about paying $87 for gasoline-Biden blamed, trying to help with none from GOP, but for the most part, blameless, grocery stores still doing big business as are oil companies,etc ; only 35% of Americans go on vacations while the rest just stay home, go swimming at local pool, sleep, argue;parents like to think their children are smart while the majority have IQs from 80-120 and are bested by Asian kids, and with semi despots calling the shots, education is going down, down, down; less than half of Americans are happy with their jobs while the rest see no advancement, no benefits, no money, debt-work hard and you just get more work hard.
And so , make America great again is merely a slogan used to arouse, for the most part, the lonely, the poor, the neer do wells, the rowdies looking for an excuse, an empty promise to those with little hope, the followers., Some are trying but the divisions are so pronounced, the classes of people so discordant, politicians so bent on getting money for maintaining power jobs and people like trump and his entourage willing through criminal acts to bring down our nation and its democratic ways, one wonders how in the world we can ever get back on track. Technology can reign supreme, but human nature will never change. Google may have replaced Encyclopedia Britannica but not those who use it to learn how to make a gun at home.
Good morning all! Steven, I never heard of that book, but the same message in a perhaps different way that affected me profoundly at that time (early seventies) was Diet for A Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappe (who is still doing her work, and well!). It opened my eyes to worldwide agricultural practices and how they affect the earth and all of us. I was sure people would get it and, well, we could have been in a very different place right now if they had. On my morning walk at 6:30 this morning (a must for basic sanity), with two happy dogs, I was thinking of the Zero Population movement around 1970 as well....and how now the radicals who are making horrendous decisions have the opposite, nosensical approach: increase the birth rate. What?! Still, and all....onward, solidarity, optimism! Make sure you all take care of yourselves. We do have work to do.
Yes, but. We need to talk. We MUST vote. Sometimes we need to protest. But all are fatal distractions if we don’t address the root causes NOW.
Humanity Needs A Plan B. Humanity needs the DEMOS Project. https://www.boombigideas.com/p/do-you-think-the-world-needs-a-plan
Human nature and reality are often at odds with each other.The former never changes, the latter, day by day. People are by nature, primarily interested in what is immediately affecting them.They talk about what's for dinner, which salon is best for getting artificial nails, how much weight they need to lose, what everything costs, their vacation plans, their, of course, brilliant children, their jobs, and so on.The reality is dinner-maybe ordered by phone and delivered to the doorstep while the thin old lady in the grocery line is buying 1/2 pound of cold meat and 2 cans of cat food;"beauty" enhancements-$45-60 for manicure,$100 for fancy acrylic ones (that look trashy) while Walmart sells better looking clear polish for $1.97; around 75% of Americans are overweight and love BOGO donuts, chips, candy ,yet complain, while 48.8million including 16 million children go hungry (a man was asked at store to donate to United Way, no, he said, then spent over $3 for a pack of gum his daughter wanted); inflation is here-even Dr. Oz complained about paying $87 for gasoline-Biden blamed, trying to help with none from GOP, but for the most part, blameless, grocery stores still doing big business as are oil companies,etc ; only 35% of Americans go on vacations while the rest just stay home, go swimming at local pool, sleep, argue;parents like to think their children are smart while the majority have IQs from 80-120 and are bested by Asian kids, and with semi despots calling the shots, education is going down, down, down; less than half of Americans are happy with their jobs while the rest see no advancement, no benefits, no money, debt-work hard and you just get more work hard.
And so , make America great again is merely a slogan used to arouse, for the most part, the lonely, the poor, the neer do wells, the rowdies looking for an excuse, an empty promise to those with little hope, the followers., Some are trying but the divisions are so pronounced, the classes of people so discordant, politicians so bent on getting money for maintaining power jobs and people like trump and his entourage willing through criminal acts to bring down our nation and its democratic ways, one wonders how in the world we can ever get back on track. Technology can reign supreme, but human nature will never change. Google may have replaced Encyclopedia Britannica but not those who use it to learn how to make a gun at home.