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hunter

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23. That's not the problem.

Fri Apr 26, 2019, 02:36 PM

Apr 2019

Our problem is this thing we now call economic "productivity" isn't a measure of productivity at all. It is in fact a direct measure of the damage we are doing to whatever is left of our planet's natural environment and our own human spirit.

We ought to be paying people to experiment with lifestyles having a very small environmental footprint and measuring our success in happiness, not productivity.

Human "work ethics" have turned into something damaging. Most of the work we do is not making the world a better place.

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Ask Me About My Grandparents [View all] sheshe2 Apr 2019 OP

Except the majority of the oldest generation also voted for Trump, pnwmom Apr 2019 #1

I still do all those things that you mentioned... BigmanPigman Apr 2019 #2

Yes, yes, we know how righteous you are. Mariana Apr 2019 #3

boom. 912gdm Apr 2019 #5

This isn't really a valid argument. Not everything is about Trump. llmart Apr 2019 #16

I blamed no one. Mariana Apr 2019 #22

my grandma introduced me to a hot toddy when I woke up with a cold. 912gdm Apr 2019 #4

At what point has any American generation done a significant amount to cut greenhouse gases? muriel_volestrangler Apr 2019 #6

+1 IndyOp Apr 2019 #10

Thank you! Habibi Apr 2019 #19

Cartoonist Steve Sack was born in 1953... JHB Apr 2019 #7

Edited - I mistook who your message was aimed at (nt) muriel_volestrangler Apr 2019 #8

Half of all greenhouse gas - released in the last 30 years IndyOp Apr 2019 #9

Great cartoon Gothmog Apr 2019 #11

In all fairness us "grandparents" were belching black poisonous smoke lunatica Apr 2019 #12

Many of us Babyboomers are grandparents now FakeNoose Apr 2019 #13

Sorry you raised your kids that way. llmart Apr 2019 #14

Awesome! FakeNoose Apr 2019 #15

I get it. llmart Apr 2019 #17

I was born in 1951 so we're close in age FakeNoose Apr 2019 #21

Should they get off your lawn too? n/t KatyMan Apr 2019 #18

Plenty of blame to go around bedazzled Apr 2019 #20

That's not the problem. hunter Apr 2019 #23

Facepalm x Infinity maxsolomon Apr 2019 #24