Democracy is great. Capitalism is fun. But maybe it’s time we thought about where this organic approach to freedom is taking us.
There’s no debating that we are entirely wreaking this planet; and as much as people want to tell you that YOU make the difference every time you turn the tap off while shaving or half flush when you pee, it’s mostly bullshit. We need change, but we need it on a massive scale. We’ve depended on common sense long enough and need something harsher.
Now I’m nowhere close to a supporter of a police state. I hate being treated like a criminal at every airport check; detest censorship and bans on absolutely anything and think people should be absolutely free in the choices you make. Hank Moody said it right on Californication, although it’s probably been said before:
There is no right or wrong; just the consequences of your actions.
That being said, on matters that are of the scale of the destruction of the planet, I’d say we deserve to be treated fairly harshly. Prices on water, electricity and fuel usage should be exponential, and should pay for the development of all the alternate sources science is looking into. You use more than you need, and you should pay through the nose. Tax the manufacturing of paper, and use it to plant trees. This isn’t something we can handle in little changes: the scale is far to big. We need to realise people are expendable, but the planet isn’t.
Severn Suzuki makes decent points in a 6 minute speech, people applaud, and then ignore it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8ODrjr09I0
Let me however end my rant with the idea that all this is bullshit and ignorable if we colonise another planet and move out. Prove Agent Smith right and do the virus thing. Put more money into space travel and finding a habitable planet. Then we can hopefully start over.
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