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TDLR; Dude funded by Monarchy spruiks civilization is crumbling at the hands of the Aristocrats. >Stephen E. Hanson is vice provost for academic and >internati
by weq 5y ago
TDLR;
Dude funded by Monarchy spruiks civilization is crumbling at the hands of the Aristocrats.
>Stephen E. Hanson is vice provost for academic and >international affairs at the
>>>> College of William & Mary, <<<
Capitalism has been making the earth sick for years. Its quest for profits and growth ultimately leads to an imbalance and sickness. The public purse has, and always will, fund the winners, whipe there debts and bail them out.
At some point humanity needs to come to terms with the fact that there is a limit society. A natural limit that our technology or education systems cannot overcome. With progress comes the paradox of restraint that no civialised person has been able to tame. Uneducated people will ultimately be taken advantage of by the educated, and those victors will skew society towards their interests. They do this by such acts as funding educational institutions that ensures the line continues to be towed.
At some point we need to admit it. We simply are not enlightned enough to be comfortable with our own power. No civialistion has yet to create a society based around money that lasts. At some point we must admit it. Only native aboriginal cultures, most without alphabets or mathematical systems, have been able to maintain themselves in communities that don't self destruct.
The paradox of our advancement is that we are simply not advanced enough to grasp the spirituality needed to live in harmony with others.
- azekai 5y ago>Capitalism has been making the earth sick for years. Its quest for profits and growth ultimately leads to an imbalance and sickness. The public purse has, and always will, fund the winners, whipe there debts and bail them out. There is a kernel of truth to the fact that if an industry ignores everything except for short terms gains made every quarter, yes, you will end up with overtaxed oceans, polluted rivers, and smoggy skies. In that you are right, that unscrupulous mega corporations can exploit critical natural resources to the point of destruction. But considering the only meaningful rival to the capitalist system created the absurd ecological disaster that is the Aral Sea, I think there is more to the nature of the problem than 'capitalism bad.'