Britain, the UK, or whatever you call it, is an Orwellian construct, based on lies, deceit & a regime of rewards & intimidation. And so too is every so-called #NationState, including, & most importantly, the USA.
This is the truth. Either we face up to it, or we perish.
This is the truth. Either we face up to it, or we perish.
https://twitter.com/rogerahicks/status/1342154133986533377
Who do I mean by "we"?
I mean, our civilisation, which, because it is global, effectively embraces everyone on the planet. Many will survive, but many more will not, & many animal & plant species will be driven - are being driven - to extinction.
I mean, our civilisation, which, because it is global, effectively embraces everyone on the planet. Many will survive, but many more will not, & many animal & plant species will be driven - are being driven - to extinction.
I'm not the only one who recognises the peril we're in, but I may be the only one who understands it well enough to offer advice on how to avoid our civilisation's self-destruction. My understanding is not perfect, but a lot better than that of people like #ElonMusk & #BillGates.
Reducing carbon emissions, to combat #ClimateChange, as important as it is, only addresses a SYMPTOM of the CANCER that is our grossly materialistic, mercenary, rapacious & DRIVEN global economy, which is inherently unsustainable on our finite, vulnerable & overpopulated planet. 
ALL civilisations rise & fall. Ours is only exceptional in the size of its population, the heights to which it has risen, & the scale of devastation that will accompany its fall, which is fast approaching.
#ElonMusk & #BillGates, like so many others, are blinded by their own personal success.
Evolved human nature has a fatal tendency to admire "success" & POWER.
Alexander (the Great) has been admired throughout history, despite his role in the fall of Greek civilisation.
Evolved human nature has a fatal tendency to admire "success" & POWER.
Alexander (the Great) has been admired throughout history, despite his role in the fall of Greek civilisation.
Will Bill Gates, I wonder, be admired by future generations, despite his role in the fall of Western civilisation?
The tragedy is that Bill Gates, like many other wealthy philanthropists, & unlike Alexander of Macedonia, means well.
The tragedy is that Bill Gates, like many other wealthy philanthropists, & unlike Alexander of Macedonia, means well.
It is the system & values which made him so "successful" that are destroying our civilisation, even now, as his & others' good intentions help pave the way to hell.
This is not something he would want to recognise, & none is so blind as they who will not see.
This is not something he would want to recognise, & none is so blind as they who will not see.
What is it about civilisation which causes it to rise & fall?
It lies in the nature of the STATE itself, which perverts & corrupts evolved human nature, so that instead of serving society (one's tribe) at large, it serves its elites, at the expense of society at large.
It lies in the nature of the STATE itself, which perverts & corrupts evolved human nature, so that instead of serving society (one's tribe) at large, it serves its elites, at the expense of society at large.
It's that simple & should be obvious to anyone with an evolutionary understanding of human origins, but, as I've already said, none is so blind as they who will not see.
The biologists #RichardDawkins & #DavidAttenborough should see it, but clearly don't.
The biologists #RichardDawkins & #DavidAttenborough should see it, but clearly don't.
https://twitter.com/rogerahicks/status/1344884829305921536?s=20
Like #BillGates, they are basically good, well-meaning individuals, blinded by their dependency on the system & values which facilitated & upholds their own personal success, at the expense of society at large & future generations.
Naturally, they're all loath to recognise this.
Naturally, they're all loath to recognise this.
The system & values on which their success was built & is sustained are essentially British, although, Bill Gates would see them as American.
Either we change them - quickly - or Western civilisation will fall in the further course of this present century.
Either we change them - quickly - or Western civilisation will fall in the further course of this present century.
We can't change them by force, but must proceed peacefully, legally & grassroots-democratically.
To Britain's & America's credit, notwithstanding their essentially Orwellian nature, they allow us the freedoms to actually do this.
It's up to us.
To Britain's & America's credit, notwithstanding their essentially Orwellian nature, they allow us the freedoms to actually do this.
It's up to us.
https://twitter.com/rogerahicks/status/1093080789837856769?s=20
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