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In reply to the discussion: A Bernie Sanders Supporter Confronted a Superdelegate — Then Leaked Their Private Conversation [View all]chervilant
(8,267 posts)I am the only one of six sisters who chose to remain childless. Mine was a deliberate decision, reached after I read Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring." I was a prepubescent (9-11 YO) geek child.
I have never regretted my decision. In my 60 years on this planet, I have witnessed:
-- heavy metal pollution of the majority of our groundwater.
--depleted uranium.
--erosion and degradation of our topsoil, with a resulting decrease in nutrients in our fruits and vegetables.
--radical income inequity.
--relentless adherence to fossil fuels and nuclear power.
--overfishing and pollution of all the bodies of water on the planet.
--acidification of the oceans, and bleaching of most coral reefs.
--destruction of the rain forests.
--accelerated extinctions of multiple species of plants, insects and animals.
--ginormous swaths of floating plastic debris in all of the earth's oceans.
--oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Alaska, and in numerous other pristine environments.
--an increasing number of highly toxic superfund sites.
--Chernobyl.
--Fukushima.
--multiple nuclear "accidents" across the globe.
--the "calving" of huge pieces of ice (in one instance, bigger than the island of Manhattan) as glaciers disintegrate.
--catastrophic climate change, with freaky, ginormous storms.
I find it interesting that you think my advocacy for diplomacy equates with an ignorance of what our species is facing over the next decade. You might want to do a bit of research on my past observations herein.
In 2012, I watched a video of a climate symposium from 2008, wherein a prominent climate scientist explained that unstoppable positive feedback loops were already accelerating climate change. Unstoppable... Already.
It's going to be far worse than people know, and hardly anyone is paying attention, so I understand your concern. However, I don't understand, nor do I appreciate, your intimation that I am misguided in wanting people to have each others' backs. Our species is facing a daunting future, and I hope enough of us are committed to helping our younglings, on the off chance that this is not our species' extinction event.