On the Industrial Revolution:
"Unwittingly at first, then with the full knowledge of the perpetrators, the industrial revolutions released waste products into the Earth’s systems. At first, the most extreme impacts were felt in the rich nations, whose urban air and rivers were poisoned, shortening the lives of the poor. The wealthy removed themselves to places they had not trashed. Later, the rich countries discovered they no longer needed smokestack industries: through finance and subsidiaries, they could harvest the wealth manufactured by dirty business overseas." George Monbiot Looting By Other Means.
"Having leveled two Japanese cities with atomic bombs and established itself as the world’s top superpower following the collapse of the international order in the aftermath of World War II, the U.S. quickly became intoxicated by its newfound military superiority." C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout
Colonization and aggressive power, arms industry: these developments make peace look impossible.
As long as we are unable to see the patterns of dominance wherever it reigns we will look for the enemy in the wrong places.
I think the answer is in re-establishing the wisdom of humanity, the inclusion of the nurturing principles, relational caring for all the creatures, plants, trees, of this earth. The interdependent web of existence of which we are a part.
No comments:
Post a Comment