Gregory's ServerThis is all happening because people who grew up on resources extracted from poorer countries are incapable of conceiving of the planet as finite. It will continue until they're forced to face up to that reality.
Charles U. Farley
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Charles U. Farley
Global military spending is still lower as a fraction of global GDP than it was during the Cold War, but it's the highest it's ever been in real terms and continuing to grow fast. That's largely due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but it's also because of China and Israel's war on Palestinians. While it may fall a little if and when Ukraine and Russia reach some kind of resolution, I doubt the trend will reverse over the long term. The world is becoming less stable as neoliberalism plays out. |
My mom makes interpretive panels for state parks and the like. She told me about how a woman she knows told her "overfishing is impossible because God will provide." Fortunately, when she told the woman about places that were suffering from overfishing, including about the near extinction of whales, the woman responded with surprise because she'd simply never heard about this things. Perhaps that's reason for hope.