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Originally posted by wildtimes
...wars 'stimulate' economies... It is a sickness - a disease of humanity. Possibly fatal. In fact, I'd say the human species is at a point that it could go either way - Wipe us all off the surface of the planet (which will NOT miss us), or bring us together as a unified global society built on cooperation with mutually important strengths, resources, technology, and quality of life for EVERYONE.
...Every continent has things to offer. ...or have 'continental' unions - or hemispheric entities - the Americas/Asia/Europe/Africa - and each with its own 'amalgated culture' - the people who live on continents or in cultures that do not "jive" with their values or interests could repatriate to whichever continent is most suitable, and then we all just leave each other ALONE.
...We CAN just live and let live - why DON'T WE??!!!
...STOP DESTROYING OURSELVES AND THIS, OUR HOME.
Even then, we have an out-of-bounds world population...that cannot be sustained without all of the crappy solutions on hand.
And, as long as we have belief-systems that propound "be fruitful & multiply", the population will continue to "multiply" (fruitfulness is more difficult...and - they'll get to that, later).
The strangest thing I find about your suggested solution is how closely it resembles the tale of the history of civilization on Nibiru, as put forth by Zechariah Sitchin (in The Lost Book of Enki). If you are not familiar with that tale...I will be glad to put it in a nutshell.
As abhorrent as it is/sounds - war deals with it - disease deals with it - nature deals with it - starvation deals with it - cruelty one to another deals with it - but they all deal with it on a minimally-effective scale.
Another provocative OP, Wildtimes
The Only country to use true weapons of mass destruction, terrorism!
Is America.
they bomb'd two cites.
homes schools hospitals and many more things like that.
and this is against the Geneva Convention.
If we want to give every living human shelter and clothing and food and...on and on...we're going to need more pigs and cows and chickens and turkeys and trees and plastic and...that will mean, we need a lot more Monsanto!! ...
Originally posted by wildtimes
...As for Sitchin, no, I've not read him. I am very open to the idea that we were preceded by more advanced civilizations, maybe even "seeded" by them, like a colony - certainly more plausible than the Zorastrian-based Abrahamic religious "tales." Especially based on the common themes running through the lost cultures of our entire planet.....
but, no, I somehow concocted that idea seemingly of my own accord. ...
Originally posted by WanDash
Another provocative OP, Wildtimes
For me, it isn't as cut and dried as The Bad Guys ARE...and we list our favorite villains...
The Bad Guys are everyone and everything.
If we want to give every living human shelter and clothing and food and...on and on...we're going to need more pigs and cows and chickens and turkeys and trees and plastic and...that will mean, we need a lot more Monsanto!! ...
Originally posted by juspassinthru
...We need more Monsanto? I don't think so.
...
Originally posted by wildtimes
...Also.....No, I don't agree with this one, either.
People can survive on existing proteins, vegetables, nuts, fruits, seafood, and animal 'products' like eggs, cheese, etc.
...We CAN do it - not too long ago I heard a story on NPR about how some global institution suggested that 'insects' and 'grubs/worms' are so plentiful, high in protein, low in fat, etc - that people COULD survive on them.
Many Asian and 'third world' countries and cultures DO eat those things. I think it's disgusting, but that's a cultural construct. If it came down to it, I would live on wild berries, nuts, grasses, herbs, etc.
...But WE DON'T NEED TO BE FARMING ANIMALS. Feed lots and mass-production farms are sickening.
We have a problem with obesity.....
why is that?
CRAP CHEAP FAST FOOD, and OVEREATING.
Originally posted by wildtimes
...People start to cough and gag and foam at the mouth when the suggestion of population control through "eugenics" is brought up. The Chinese made a 1-child law AGES ago - and now those only-kids are showing the effects.
...
Bread and Circuses
Plain and simple
smyleegrl has an excellent thread:
Why Americans Will Continue to Support a Corrupt Government
The thing is, it's not just America.
We are seeing a systematic invasion in as many areas as physically and technically possible. All cross the globe.
Tyrannical governments come in many forms. But they all sure similarities
Originally posted by Rocker2013
[...]
The only time I would ever even contemplate going to war myself is if my own country were physically under attack from a known enemy. The last real noble and just war was WW2, when Hitler was dropping bombs all over Europe and trying to invade as many countries as possible. There's little room for propaganda there, it's unquestionable that he was the bad guy.
That's real defense of a nation, that's what military force is supposed to be for.
Originally posted by Dianec
...... My father was in Vietnam young (it was ok to drop out of high school and join with parental permission back then as most know). I was just a baby but I am well aware what it did to him because I was there to see the PTSD, anger, confussing pride, and where those led.
The media spread the campaign and agenda of the government. Most were not taught to filter what they heard from media and trusted the government.