Our 21st century world turned out to be much more *Brazil* than *1984* (Reply #40)

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Wed Oct 22, 2014, 10:22 PM

hunter (32,325 posts)

40. Our 21st century world turned out to be much more Brazil than 1984

Chaos and Mother Nature always win.

Orwell's 1984 is an excellent warning, but not a sustainable society.

From this *Brazil* place we can follow our best dreams. Or our society can simply collapse into a darkness worse than George Orwell ever imagined, just plain old ordinary stinking bodily fluids, maggots and flies animal extinction, our human civilization becoming a peculiar layer of trash in the geologic record.

Maybe earth's next dominant intelligent species won't screw up.

Or maybe, just maybe, we can keep the lights on.

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49 replies	Author	Time	Post
1984 [View all]	H2O Man	Oct 2014	OP
A random thought	malthaussen	Oct 2014	#1
I agree.	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#14
Of course, my pugilistic friend	malthaussen	Oct 2014	#23
k&r. Thanks for posting. nm	rhett o rick	Oct 2014	#2
Thank you.	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#15
K&R for an excellent, and very relevant post!	Martin Eden	Oct 2014	#3
Thank you.	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#18
Speaking of which...	malthaussen	Oct 2014	#24
Harvey Milk:	Bluenorthwest	Oct 2014	#4
Perfect.	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#19
Yeah, and look what happened to Harvey.	malthaussen	Oct 2014	#25
Some people t'ink: Great God will come from the sky.	Octafish	Oct 2014	#5
There's a great quote	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#20
This is the best thing I've read today.	pscot	Oct 2014	#6
Well, thank you!	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#21
K&R	JEB	Oct 2014	#7
Great!	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#26
An excellent essay	herding cats	Oct 2014	#8
Very good!	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#27
I am always glad to see posts of yours. They are positive and empowering.	cry baby	Oct 2014	#9
Thank you very much!	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#28
Michael Moore pointed out the shift when he said talking about politics is now "cool".	Spitfire of ATJ	Oct 2014	#10
Right.	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#30
The new crop of voters know the Republicans as the guys who lied is into a war for fun and profit.	Spitfire of ATJ	Oct 2014	#42
If our votes did not matter . .	FairWinds	Oct 2014	#11
Key point.	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#31
K&R	Solly Mack	Oct 2014	#12
Thanks!	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#32
"... changes begin at that grass roots level." Yeppers. Great essay H2O Man, thanks.	Scuba	Oct 2014	#13
Thank you.	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#33
thank you	G_j	Oct 2014	#16
Thanks!	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#34
I'd frame this one	G_j	Oct 2014	#41
Well said.	CanSocDem	Oct 2014	#17
"Think globally, act locallly."	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#35
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch!	Enthusiast	Oct 2014	#22
Thank you!	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#36
I am far more interested in our local elections now, than I used to be. I used to focus on the	sabrina 1	Oct 2014	#29
Right.	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#37
'We can take these decisions out of the hands of the party bosses'	sabrina 1	Oct 2014	#39
Right.	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#46
We are distracted by the coverage of the 'big elections'. So many of us did overlook	sabrina 1	Oct 2014	#47
Yes, exactly. Taking back the party at the local level is extremely important. We do not have to sit	Chathamization	Oct 2014	#48
Another great post from Waterman	malaise	Oct 2014	#38
Thank you!	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#43
It is a very important discussion	malaise	Oct 2014	#44
Our 21st century world turned out to be much more Brazil than 1984	hunter	Oct 2014	#40
You're right.	H2O Man	Oct 2014	#45
Thanks for this post. I agree 100%. It’s also an important point about reach out to the marginalized	Chathamization	Oct 2014	#49

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