Fair enough - a societal virus that’s been a part of our species since as far back as the stone age. Hoard the resources and kill the other tribes that pose a potential threat to you and yours. Our species has probably had wars for resources for hundreds of thousands of years.
We haven’t had the ability or capacity to start majorly affecting the planet’s ecosystems and atmosphere until, what, the last couple hundred years?
If only we could pick these alien’s brains on how we might go about solving the basic curse of human greed… Reminds me of this comic:
a societal virus that’s been abefallen parts of our species as far back as the stone age
There have been a lot of examples of large, advanced civilizations living in a way that didn’t harm their environment (i.e. Amazonian cultures). Pretending Capitalism (or police) is a force of nature or part of human nature plays into the ruling class’ cards.
Again, fair enough and thanks for the response. I put a lot more thought into this and realized I’m being very short sighted and, dare I say pessimistic. Modern Capitalism is absolutely fucked and I think ultimately we’re on the same page… I don’t believe police or capitalism are an inherent force of nature. Maybe some virus has indeed come up on us.
It’s really hard for me not to be a pessimist in today’s climate, figuratively and literally. My apologies. I appreciate your points
Fair enough - a societal virus that’s been a part of our species since as far back as the stone age. Hoard the resources and kill the other tribes that pose a potential threat to you and yours. Our species has probably had wars for resources for hundreds of thousands of years.
We haven’t had the ability or capacity to start majorly affecting the planet’s ecosystems and atmosphere until, what, the last couple hundred years?
If only we could pick these alien’s brains on how we might go about solving the basic curse of human greed… Reminds me of this comic:
There have been a lot of examples of large, advanced civilizations living in a way that didn’t harm their environment (i.e. Amazonian cultures). Pretending Capitalism (or police) is a force of nature or part of human nature plays into the ruling class’ cards.
Again, fair enough and thanks for the response. I put a lot more thought into this and realized I’m being very short sighted and, dare I say pessimistic. Modern Capitalism is absolutely fucked and I think ultimately we’re on the same page… I don’t believe police or capitalism are an inherent force of nature. Maybe some virus has indeed come up on us.
It’s really hard for me not to be a pessimist in today’s climate, figuratively and literally. My apologies. I appreciate your points