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Mr. Gore talks about the climate crisis as not one amongst a list of issues to define our future, but he says it is the issue that will define our future. “Everything else has to be viewed through that lens,” as he is quoted in the current Rolling Stone interview.
So what is it then that prevents Mr. Gore and countless other so called experts on climate change from acknowledging the singular truth that is rooted even more firmly in indisputable science and logic than the study of the ecology of global climate change? That singular truth revolves around two indisputable facts: that the human animal has absolutely no need for animal products of any kind in our diets, and that the so called food supply of industrialized nations is inefficient in the extreme.
The singular truth is that converting to a vegan diet will do more towards solving the global climate crisis than virtually any other act that one individual can perform.
The science is clear, but is it even necessary? Shouldn't this be a matter of simple common sense?
So what is it? Is global climate change the ruse that the neo-fascist right claims that it is? Or are the harbingers of an ever widening crisis that the neo-fascist media feels comfortable enough to allow in print or on the air charlatans or rubes?
Could the current cast of characters on the world stage be spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt in order to dupe the masses into passive acceptance of the rape and pillage of the major energy conglomerates? Are the helplessness and powerlessness of the individual being emphasized to promote the continued reliance upon the monopolist-capitalist oligarchical rule?
Or are they just rubes, so puffed up by their wealth and notoriety that they are too incurious to even ponder environmental ramifications of their favorite restaurant or their common dinner fare?
Listening to prominent Democrats is difficult when they talk about climate change. They stutter, stammer, sigh and wring their hands. Of course, “bold entrepreneurs must step up!” they say. Or, “big business and government must get this right, and ride to the rescue!”
So is the crisis real or is it not, Mr. Gore, Mr. Dean, Ms. Clinton, Mr. Obama, Mr. Edwards, Ms. Boxer, Mr. Inslee? Are you so cowed by the neo-fascist powers that you dare not let the dreaded v-word pass your lips? Or are you all so enthralled by your precious Rube Goldberg “food” generation that nothing else should even be mentioned, let alone be considered?
Good old red-blooded USDA flesh, it's what's behind the occupation.
(Yes, certain morons don't need energy dependence to launch wars of imperialist aggression, but it does make it a whole lot easier to spead the necessary fears and misinformation)
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