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The_jackalope

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7. Right on the nose.
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 04:51 PM
Feb 2020

The time to have done something about it is way back in the rear-view mirror.

The source of the problem is not our actions, but our attitudes. Specifically the one that says "Everything belongs to me. And that includes you."

We've been honing and spreading that attitude for 6,000 years. It broke out of the Mediterranean and Caucasus during a climate event around 4,000 BCE, right when bronze was invented. It crept across the planet at the point of a bronze sword, riding a toxic tide of conquest and blood. It finished up here in 2020 AD at the barrel of a gun.

And what's the political response ? OnDoutside Feb 2020 #1
Can't be. The crickets are all dead... nt The_jackalope Feb 2020 #2
Pinocchio is going to be gutted. OnDoutside Feb 2020 #3
They must be bugging out. Throck Feb 2020 #4
Exept for the big-black wasps. 5X Feb 2020 #5
The end may really be nigh this time... Moostache Feb 2020 #6
Right on the nose. The_jackalope Feb 2020 #7
When the bottom of the food chain collapses mountain grammy Feb 2020 #8
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