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It's not about how little green pieces of paper are moved around. Did you read the essay? It's about civilization, which is inherently destructive. Your isms are mere symptoms, nowhere near the root of the problem.
Humans obsess on all the wrong things instead of focusing on the right ones. We should focus our existence on wisdom, emp…
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It's not about how little green pieces of paper are moved around. Did you read the essay? It's about civilization, which is inherently destructive. Your isms are mere symptoms, nowhere near the root of the problem.
Humans obsess on all the wrong things instead of focusing on the right ones. We should focus our existence on wisdom, empathy (for all, not just for humans), and expanding our consciousness. Instead, we've obsessed on ego, intellect, and unnaturally & very harmfully manipulating the physical/natural world. Humans went off the rails thousands of years ago, even before money was invented.
This is true in the US where education is a huge problem?
I am in France..we talk non-stop politics and people (unlike the US) are well informed.
Is what true in the U.S.? I don't understand your comment.