tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post8581193528679750230..comments2024-03-16T19:58:56.871-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: "A World Full of Fact-Resistant Humans"The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-54581177150343430102016-04-26T09:44:09.558-07:002016-04-26T09:44:09.558-07:00"Davos Man narrative that preaches perpetual ..."Davos Man narrative that preaches perpetual economic growth while ignoring the key factors that have driven growth since the outset of the Industrial Revolution, especially population growth."<br /><br />My take is that the "Davos establishment" purposedly suppressed efforts to control the rise in global population. Somehow, in the early 70s, the overpopulation agenda fell into oblivion...<br />A..nonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-1445454097109126472016-04-26T00:05:02.796-07:002016-04-26T00:05:02.796-07:00Absolutely, Trailblazer. Our governments are still...<br />Absolutely, Trailblazer. Our governments are still locked in the embrace of perpetual, exponential growth in GDP. We're running into wall after wall from the collapse of global fisheries to the depletion of our groundwater reserves to the exhaustion of our farmland - on and on and on. <br /><br />My dad was a metallurgist and I visited a lab with him where they were testing alloys to destruction. It's unforgettable to watch a bar of solid metal pulled until, in a nano-second, it breaks in two. I think we're stressing Earth in similar ways that will yield similar results. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-25094489382251446312016-04-25T19:30:10.490-07:002016-04-25T19:30:10.490-07:00No politician is going to be elected telling us( t...No politician is going to be elected telling us( the truth) that we have to make do with less.<br />Less fossil fuels, less travelling,smaller homes ( not houses) paying now or at the end of the month for daily needs.<br />Fact is ; I don't recollect a politician saying he or she would make do with less!<br /><br /><br />TrailblazerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-2080194074330362242016-04-25T15:06:47.922-07:002016-04-25T15:06:47.922-07:00http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/jacksonbrowne/thero...http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/jacksonbrowne/theroadandthesky.htmllungtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06526204597913219959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-44838043919083737762016-04-25T14:32:31.266-07:002016-04-25T14:32:31.266-07:00There are so many problems, so many perfect storms...There are so many problems, so many perfect storms on the horizon that it is impossible to cope with them all. We elect representatives to cope on our behalf but they invariably shirk. Those of us who try to sound the alarm are accused of all manor of pathologies. In the face of armies of "Fact-Resistant Humans" it is tempting to shut down. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-21889330980911253002016-04-25T13:40:21.215-07:002016-04-25T13:40:21.215-07:00You're right, Lorne. We're out of road. We...You're right, Lorne. We're out of road. We are at the end of the alley and it's just full of cans.<br /><br />I cannot understand how we imagine ignoring such obvious and pressing facts can continue? It's manifest that we must know yet try to avoid thinking about how this ends. It's the final scene out of 'Thelma & Louise' only played out on a societal, even civilizational scale.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-72588780057029193832016-04-25T13:13:42.496-07:002016-04-25T13:13:42.496-07:00Das has certainly identified an important part of ...Das has certainly identified an important part of the problem, Mound, one that not only governments but the average person must share. Our unwillingness to confront unpleasantness and disruption of a lifestyle we have become habituated to means that we are far too willing to kick the can farther down the road; the only problem, of course, is that we are almost out of pavement.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com