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In reply to the discussion: 1984 [View all]hunter
(38,311 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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Spitfire of ATJ
Oct 2014
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Spitfire of ATJ
Oct 2014
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sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#29
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sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#47
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Chathamization
Oct 2014
#48
Thanks for this post. I agree 100%. It’s also an important point about reach out to the marginalized
Chathamization
Oct 2014
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