Three Guys At The Café
G1: “You’re sayin’ it’s America’s fault?”
G2: “Sure. Who uses the most stuff that ends up in the atmosphere?”
G1: “What about China?”
G3: “Yeah, they beat the Americans by a billion miles!”
G2: “But America’s tryin’ to spread its life-style all over the world—tryin’ to make everybody into gross consumers.”
G3: “But China’s makin’ the most babies…”
{A Gal Walks Up… }
Gal: “Whachu guys talkin’ ’bout?”
G1: “Who’s puttin’ the most shit in the atmosphere.”
Gal: “That’s easy, it’s the rich guys in power.”
G2: “But which rich guys?”
Gal: “Don’t matter what country, if they got the power they’re gonna trash things for the rest of us…”
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That imaginary scene certainly isn’t deep or precise or particularly wise, but one thing’s for sure—those in power aren’t doing anywhere near enough to save our human family from critical disaster.
And, It’s not China or the Americans; it’s the people in power in those countries. The rest of us, all over the world, are reaping the dark fallout from their lack of wisdom.
“So, Alex, you seem to be saying the rich/powerful leaders are killing humanity?”
Pretty much, yes.
A case in point:
From
SciDev.Net:
