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Choosing Genocide
We& #39;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& #39;s a strong word but it& #39;s exactly what we& #39;re talking about here - we& #39;re talking about sacrificing
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We& #39;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& #39;s a strong word but it& #39;s exactly what we& #39;re talking about here - we& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;s no such word as can& #39;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& #39;ve been letting others determine our lives and futures, we& #39;ve shirked our core human responsibility to look out for each other and for the earth. We
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