You requested for a peer-reviewed report, and I presented it to you. — ralfy
"Is Global Collapse Imminent?" — ralfy
We don't know that the earth will take care of itself. — whollyrolling
Why are you talking about a ball of rock as if it has a soul? And how is it "stupid" that a parasitic species would move on after destroying its host? It requires a host. If its present host is about to die, wouldn't it be "smart" to find a new one? — whollyrolling
That's not a flaw. Rather, there is a need to plan carefully. — ralfy
Right, I wasn't saying your thinking was flawed. What is flawed is the idea that a simple redistribution of wealth (a check arrives in 3 billion mailboxes) would fix everything. — Bitter Crank
It seems reasonable to expect the trend toward multinational and global organization will continue, given the persistence of technological culture along something like its current trajectory.True, but ours can be manipulated by the U.N., for instance, if the majority of other countries and their coalitions are powerful enough.
There is also the U.N. court that has teeth. Little one. yes, but they can still bite. — Gnostic Christian Bishop
It seems reasonable to expect the trend toward multinational and global organization will continue, — Cabbage Farmer
I wonder if that fight isn't just another circus sideshow, albeit an especially repugnant and dangerous one. It seems to me those nationalists are by and large just so many more unwitting pawns of the oligarchs. The trend of globalization continues as the powerful few marshal discord among the people of Earth, even promoting antiglobalist rhetoric as cover for their self-serving operations. The current rise of right-wing nationalism does not put that trend in check, but only helps ensure that wealth and power remain in the hands of the few.I agree and doubt that it can be stopped even though the right wing nationalists are putting up a good fight. — Gnostic Christian Bishop
I wonder if that fight isn't just another circus sideshow, — Cabbage Farmer
If governments controlled disposable income of the .1 %, would poverty end? — Gnostic Christian Bishop
if the wealth proved sufficient. — Pattern-chaser
Nothing can or will change anyway until our fiat money system goes away. — halo
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