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Choosing Genocide
We're living in a moment where people are debating sacrificing lives to save the economy and few are talking about how genocidal this thinking really is. It's a strong word but it's exactly what we're talking about here - we're talking about sacrificing
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We're living in a moment where people are debating sacrificing lives to save the economy and few are talking about how genocidal this thinking really is. It's a strong word but it's exactly what we're talking about here - we're talking about sacrificing
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people so we can all go back to overworking, buying Starbucks and shopping for "things" we don't really need. Things who have their own problematic global history in their manufacture and delivery.
When presented with the choice between valuing lives or valuing the deadly &
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When presented with the choice between valuing lives or valuing the deadly &
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destructive economic systems we've created, so many are willing to sacrifice human beings - people who love and are loved - in favour of economic "security". To me, only one of these paths seems true and right while the other feels unnatural and evil to the core.
This is not
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This is not
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how we should be walking in this world.
There are better ways of living in harmony and in balance with the world around us and we haven't gone too far to turn back. We need to acknowledge the truth of our own complicit actions first. We need to look at what we've created and
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There are better ways of living in harmony and in balance with the world around us and we haven't gone too far to turn back. We need to acknowledge the truth of our own complicit actions first. We need to look at what we've created and
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acknowledge how many we sacrifice so we can live with our comforts and luxuries. We need to acknowledge the VERY CERTAIN death and destruction our current path carries - not only for ourselves, but for other beings in this world who walk WITH us...not beneath us.
When I
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When I
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was growing up my father always told me "there's no such word as can't" and I really believe this applies to how we move forward. People talk about "political will" but that only goes so far and has no power without a population to give it legitimacy. "Government" is a
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fabricated construct created to provide an illusion of guidance and order but in reality we have little of either and, while we've been letting others determine our lives and futures, we've shirked our core human responsibility to look out for each other and for the earth. We
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have failed as a global society for this reason alone.
I think it's time to start behaving better - as a species. It's time to leave our idolization of greed and economy behind us. This starts by acknowledging the TRUTH about what's being discussed by politicians and in the
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I think it's time to start behaving better - as a species. It's time to leave our idolization of greed and economy behind us. This starts by acknowledging the TRUTH about what's being discussed by politicians and in the
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media - we're not choosing the "economy", we're choosing genocide and in that choice, our own certain destruction.
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