OK here's some great news to end 2020!
It turns out that 68% of humans, if given the choice, would choose to only extract from nature what can be regenerated, leaving plenty for future generations. So we're not all greedy bastards.
It turns out that 68% of humans, if given the choice, would choose to only extract from nature what can be regenerated, leaving plenty for future generations. So we're not all greedy bastards.
The problem, of course, is that 32% of us would choose to extract everything immediately and convert it to profit for themselves. They end up extremely rich and can easily capture the media, the financial system, and our politics.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
This guarantees ecological crisis and overshoot after a few generations.
These results are from a 2014 study by researchers at Harvard and Yale:
nature.com/articles/natur…
These results are from a 2014 study by researchers at Harvard and Yale:
nature.com/articles/natur…
If we had an actually functioning democracy (one that wasn't captured by the rich, greedy people) the 68% would easily hold the 32% in check and we could transition to a system that worked for everybody, and the planet. We 68% should all have as a goal ending money in politics.
This is a page from @jasonhickel’s excellent book “Less Is More” 
Yes the path is hard (how do we prevent democratic corruption) but the good news is there's a path. The path is also indicated by all the indigenous peoples who chose not to organize around the insane goal of "profit above all else"
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