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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKinda cool watching my disgusting murderous bloodthirsty species extinguish itself
This planet, currently infested by a race of ignorant arrogant snots who can't distinguish between science and superstition, deserves better. The Universe demands it.
handmade34
(22,755 posts)but otherwise I agree with your sentiment
bullimiami
(13,043 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(59,940 posts)yes, it's hard to watch so much visible ignorance perpetrated with pride
dware
(12,092 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)As a people, we are not monolithic in our thinking or how we treat complex issues affecting our lives. The majority of people already want their governments to push policies that make everyone's lives better. We are changing and adapting, and the next generation will accelerate the shift in ideology.
Your negativity is misplaced and focused on the small, but egregiously ignorant and destructive segments of society. These loudmouthed, thoughtless and bitter reactionaries drive the news headlines with their faux outrage and shocking behaviors, but they are not the norm.
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Doremus
(7,261 posts)That would be us. We're not innocent, we're just as guilty bc we haven't done everything in our power to stop it. We've hidden behind our keyboards and written stern essays. It's not good enough.
To ward off the chorus of "we can't do anything" replies, let's remember that people confronted with equally dire issues in the past somehow devised ways to make change, ie women's suffrage, unionization, Gilded Age, Civil Rights, etc., etc., etc. They didn't have keyboards then.
Piasladic
(1,160 posts)that only affects evil, rich, racist fucks who breed uncontrollably? Maybe it could thrive in golf resorts and sports cars.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,452 posts)Wipe every narcissist,sociopath and authoritarian person off the planet.
I'd also would like to see the obscenely rich people die off too.
former9thward
(31,805 posts)I hope you are not referring to CV which in terms of population growth is a minor blip if that. The people dying are mainly beyond reproduction age,
Dial H For Hero
(2,971 posts)consists of humans and livestock.
Ten thousand years ago, humans and livestock comprised (roughly) 1% of the biomass of all mammals, the remaining 99% being wild.
Today, the numbers are: 36% hamans, 60% livestock (mostly cows and pigs), and 4% wild animals.