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GliderGuider

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4. "We" are very unlikely to do that in any general sense.

Reply to groovedaddy (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 26, 2013, 10:26 AM

Feb 2013

If we restrict ourselves to local initiatives, some of what you propose may be possible. But even for that the crunch will have to hit first, and even then the planetary "we" will keep on rolling.

Here's a more thorough piece I wrote on the reason why things are the way they are, and why stopping the planetary juggernaut is essentially impossible: http://www.democraticunderground.com/101656296

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Exactly missingthebigdog Feb 2013 #1

We literally can't do it voluntarily. GliderGuider Feb 2013 #2

This one hits home. What will it take for us to survive on this groovedaddy Feb 2013 #3

"We" are very unlikely to do that in any general sense. GliderGuider Feb 2013 #4