My biggest problem these days is the scale of changes that must happen quickly, and the intrinsic resistance or outright hate for the easily known ways we could cut emissions and further oil exploitation - but the stupids won’t let us. They won’t even consider it. They argue that windmills cause cancer. They want to tax renewable power sources and EVs. In Texas, they pay cryptominers to not cryptomine MILLIONS OF DOLLARS when their shoddy grid starts gagging on texas summers, winters, and well, the rest of the year. It’s a hideous distortion of power services, and only one tiny example of places where we could legislate and reduce consumption. Rolling coal, cruise ships, recreational vehicles from RV’s to dirt bikes to snowmobiles - if it’s not for work, cut it out. We could do this today, we’re just too lazy and willing to let the stupids drive the environment to destruction.
You blaming people trapped in a system, for the system, instead of blaming those who create and profit from said system, is you buying in to propaganda exactly like the people you blame, you’re just on a different branch of the force feeder (the “I think I’m better than other people for buying a metal straw to drink my starbucks with as I ignore the systemic issues” smelling your own farts branch).
It is you who are lazy (and/or uncomfortable, or scared) to look at the actual cause of the problem, so instead you dismiss people with irrelevant slurs to make yourself feel superior as you do absolutely nothing to address the actual problem
An argument which could have been brought forward in a way which would have been outside the very system you describe. Why resort to personal attacks? Did you feel offended?
As for the question at hand: Do what you can, continue the movement. Ask for better. A part of the problem is that those who can make (bigger) changes have nothing to loose by not changing. Why is that?
Most of us has the ability to change one thing in our life/work which would be better. Let’s change that one thing. If everyone here does, it will be thousands of changes.
Consider: if you were to receive a message like you just sent, would it be likely to have changed your mind? Especially if you weren’t you now, but like the you from let’s say ten years in the past? It’s just a thought, I hope you find it interesting.
It would not. Because as long as your brain is brainwashed and full of shit, nothing is going to change. Specially something that goes against your “own believes” !
You need to fully “reset” your state of mind, either through DEEP meditation, some psychedelics or whatever does the trick to clean up the wired mess your brain is continuously exposed to (pollution, processed food, animals being held in concentration camps, hate, TV, right & left, …).
It’s the question of “red” or “blue” pill during your life time. That will either break your mental construction/barrier and give you a glimps of what those shadows are in plato’s cave allegory or just stay a captive of your own mind/knowledge of the shadows you’re looking at.
You blaming people trapped in a system, for the system,
Nope. I’m blaming society for letting the system crumble to satisfy motorheads and the vroom-vroom cult. A decent society would have long ago cut this bullshit off, but we’re not a decent society are we? We let you roam about unshackled, for example.
I agree. We’re in a dire situation for a multitude of reasons. But one of the most important drivers for actual change is human agency. There is still a bit of hope to avoid the greatest catastrophies but we need to loudly demand change.
My biggest problem these days is the scale of changes that must happen quickly, and the intrinsic resistance or outright hate for the easily known ways we could cut emissions and further oil exploitation - but the stupids won’t let us. They won’t even consider it. They argue that windmills cause cancer. They want to tax renewable power sources and EVs. In Texas, they pay cryptominers to not cryptomine MILLIONS OF DOLLARS when their shoddy grid starts gagging on texas summers, winters, and well, the rest of the year. It’s a hideous distortion of power services, and only one tiny example of places where we could legislate and reduce consumption. Rolling coal, cruise ships, recreational vehicles from RV’s to dirt bikes to snowmobiles - if it’s not for work, cut it out. We could do this today, we’re just too lazy and willing to let the stupids drive the environment to destruction.
You blaming people trapped in a system, for the system, instead of blaming those who create and profit from said system, is you buying in to propaganda exactly like the people you blame, you’re just on a different branch of the force feeder (the “I think I’m better than other people for buying a metal straw to drink my starbucks with as I ignore the systemic issues” smelling your own farts branch).
It is you who are lazy (and/or uncomfortable, or scared) to look at the actual cause of the problem, so instead you dismiss people with irrelevant slurs to make yourself feel superior as you do absolutely nothing to address the actual problem
An argument which could have been brought forward in a way which would have been outside the very system you describe. Why resort to personal attacks? Did you feel offended?
As for the question at hand: Do what you can, continue the movement. Ask for better. A part of the problem is that those who can make (bigger) changes have nothing to loose by not changing. Why is that?
Most of us has the ability to change one thing in our life/work which would be better. Let’s change that one thing. If everyone here does, it will be thousands of changes.
Consider: if you were to receive a message like you just sent, would it be likely to have changed your mind? Especially if you weren’t you now, but like the you from let’s say ten years in the past? It’s just a thought, I hope you find it interesting.
Just chiming in.
It would not. Because as long as your brain is brainwashed and full of shit, nothing is going to change. Specially something that goes against your “own believes” !
You need to fully “reset” your state of mind, either through DEEP meditation, some psychedelics or whatever does the trick to clean up the wired mess your brain is continuously exposed to (pollution, processed food, animals being held in concentration camps, hate, TV, right & left, …).
It’s the question of “red” or “blue” pill during your life time. That will either break your mental construction/barrier and give you a glimps of what those shadows are in plato’s cave allegory or just stay a captive of your own mind/knowledge of the shadows you’re looking at.
Those who seek, find.
Those who ask questions, eventually find answers.
Shrooms may be a shortcut, but the important thing is being RECEPTIVE to what they offer, I would wager.
My two cents anyway:-D.
Nope. I’m blaming society for letting the system crumble to satisfy motorheads and the vroom-vroom cult. A decent society would have long ago cut this bullshit off, but we’re not a decent society are we? We let you roam about unshackled, for example.
I agree. We’re in a dire situation for a multitude of reasons. But one of the most important drivers for actual change is human agency. There is still a bit of hope to avoid the greatest catastrophies but we need to loudly demand change.
Hope springs eternal.