The time for measured, incremental action is not now, that time was decades ago, beginning back in the 1970's. We blew it back then. The insatiable, greedy, generally sociopathic creatures who oppress us all, even as they rapaciously annihilate our entire planetary web of life, must either be swiftly removed from any and all vestiges of power, and control over wealth, or our life-giving Earth shall die as a living world. For decisive action to occur, the direness of our situation must become common knowledge--FAST. There is NO alternative, we do NOT have any time to spare. However, this is not a time for despair--it is a time for determined action to wrest back a future for humanity, and for all life.
Written in the clear, mathematical laws of physics, Nature, Nature's God, God Almighty, have spoken: "Mene, mene, tekel, upsharin." Meaning: "You have been weighed in the BALANCE and found wanting." (6) We have only a brief interval to restore balance to our civilization and to its relationships with the natural world upon which it depends for its very existence, before our self-inflicted death sentence is carried out.
As a concluding thought, as dismal as our prospects may appear, there clearly IS a proverbial "SILVER LINING." Humans are genetically hardwired to discount the future. Only near term threats receive our full attention. (7), (8) Given the very real prospect that our inaction may well cause our own PERSONAL demise, along with that of our loved ones, humans are therefore, hardwired to act decisively. What is necessary is the understanding that the consequences of inaction will likely be fatal to oneself and one's loved ones. Once this is understood, then decisive action is hardwired into our nature once the true immanence of the threat is comprehended.
1) http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/ledzeppelin/thebattleofevermore.html
2) http://rt.com/business/166428-pope-financial-commodity-markets/
4) http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2014/06/arctic-atmospheric-methane-global-warming-veil.html
5) http://deepseanews.com/2010/07/ocean-warming-melts-methane-hydrates-which-screws-us-all/
6) http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/10678-mene-mene-tekel-upharsin
7) http://www.peakprosperity.com/blog/dan-ariely-decodes-why-humans-are-hard-wired-inflate/50338
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