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In reply to the discussion: Indonesia is burning. The greatest environmental disaster of the 21st century. Ignored by US [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Not everyone looks away and they've been reported on for decades, but what should all those people who read Newsweek or the New York Times, for instance, have done? It is what it is.
Humanity's major problem isn't a relatively few greedy men, it's the support for their actions that comes from people in general but especially the conservative/authoritarian segments of populations. Here in America greedy interests have encouraged our conservatives to be the worst versions of themselves, and look what it has done to us.
Nations need to learn to encourage their populations, all of us, to be more like our best. This will require laws controlling the use of insidious mass persuasion techniques. THEN we can greatly speed up progress. Right now it's more like 9 steps back for every 10 forward.