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In reply to the discussion: Thoughts on the Evolution of Our Species. [View all]Zalatix
(8,994 posts)Did you even read the OP?
All this "wealth" you are talking about is unsustainable. We are LITERALLY borrowing against our children's future with the way that we are amassing this wealth.
Our wealth, of which you speak, is built on an ecological house that is quite analogous to the real estate bubble that popped in 2008.
For me or the OP to be wrong you must categorically deny:
1) global warming.
2) the acidification of our oceans as a result of our massive carbon footprint. Which, mind you, we've outsourced a lot of that carbon footprint to Asia, and gave ourselves a pat on the back for eliminating much of it here.
3) air pollution. Both here, and in the third world, to whom we've outsourced a lot of it.
4) same with water pollution. Plus, we are facing a growing shortage of drinkable water, worldwide.
5) the giant continent of discarded plastic, twice the size of Texas, drifting in the Pacific Ocean.
6) the mercury from coal fired power plants, that is poisoning the world's sealife
And that's the short list.
Do you, or do you deny, any of the above?
No, I don't expect a straight answer to any of this.