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Originally Posted by Andrew Brunelle  This post really resonates with me. It is a problem of civilization and our booming population and control heirarchies that bred these corporations that have the same values. And all these companies are considered persons under the law, so the people behind all of this are not legally responsible in the same way than if they were ruining the Earth themselves. Americans are individualistic, materialistic, and we were conditioned to be that way. We want it all for ourselves. We always want someone to look down upon, as if we are better than them. It's a war against all here in America and we wonder why we can't get anything done. We are living in a paradise, but we've created a hell on top of it. |
Agreed. The only thing I'd add is we CAN wake up to the conditioning and consciously choose live differently. That is the only thing that changes things for the better. Just about every religious and spiritual tradition teaches us that this is so.
It's time to take things into our own hands in small ways and large, and stop fantasizing that some politician or some other person or group of people outside ourselves is going to take care of us with no action on our part.