Oh, hierarchy as a concept is a whole can of worms on its own, but the kind of xenophobia I was describing seemed to be independent from the concept of hierarchy: at least by my observation, it’s more like a “them”/“us” divide, but indeed with an asymmetric aspect in mind.
Hierarchy being a “recent” thing (and the potential to leave it behind) sounds hopeful, but while us fucking up the planet is even more recent, we might be able to finish that before even thinking about changing anything.
Because with time, this light is also putting an end to not just itself but every other form of life around it.
Whether the positives outweigh the negatives doesn’t really matter when there’s nobody left around. Once we get to the point where the climate disaster is bad enough and irreversible (it might have happened already), it doesn’t even matter if humanity suddenly falls back into the middle ages and gets primitive enough to not do any harm anymore: certain processes won’t just suddenly stop.
But if everyone is looking out for everyone else
I agree with you, but this takes us back to square 1 : ).
I’ve been in school long enough to tell you that knowing people might not prevent some from being awful.
I wish it was that simple! Turning on/off some sequences (it might not be the correct term) might actually affect other things, as well.
Humanity can’t be fixed, will always be selfish, greedy, discriminating against other people who differ enough, since a bunch of these things are pretty much hard coded. You might not be, some people you know might not be - but statistically, the majority of humanity will happily watch others get oppressed (or worse) for various reasons. There will always be people who manipulate others for power/wealth, disregarding law, morals or the environment, and there will always be a fuckton of gullible/dumb/mean people who happily buy the propaganda for reasons above.
Therefore, no matter what kind of society you try to form, with enough time we will get back to where we are now, and humanity will never be able to break out of this downward spiral, due to its inherent fault.
…which leads to my main controversial opinion, based on the above: the only cure to the mass extinction and the worsening climate happening today is the eradication of the human species. Yes, it would be such a shame saying goodbye to all the great things we have achieved, dad jokes, poetry, the Backstreet Boys; all this means nothing if everything dies on a scorching/freezing planet. At least if we take out humanity, other forms of life could survive, and life as we know it isn’t really found on every other planet.
Obviously there will be nothing wiping the human race off of the face of the Earth, and if it somehow ever disappears, it will be by its own doing - but chances are that will also take all other forms of life with it.
Looking at all the awful things humans have been doing to each other, all the pollution, all the ignorance, all the destruction, I wouldn’t hesitate a bit if there was a red button in front of me that could magically make them disappear (including me, of course). In the blink of an eye. I would slam down on it as fast as I can.
Ukraine needs more support, and if there’s no change in the amount of support they get, they will lose more of their country inch by inch. Currently the front line is way inside the Ukrainian borders (the ones before the war), and if you plot the amount of land Ukraine still controls, you’ll see a graph very slowly but steadily going down. February is a tiny uptick in that graph, and while it’s good news, I don’t think the overall trend has changed much.
I wonder if the elections in Hungary change that in April (the current PM, Putin’s butt plug is doing everything he can to hold back EU funds from them), but all in all, don’t let these stats lead you to the false conclusion that the country has enough resources to reclaim the lost territories now.
A bit unrelated, but what were the founding fathers high on when they named their new settlement TRAIN? : )
If “meating” wasn’t enough
Also, the “more cars” on the photo (or even the “just as many cars” thing) doesn’t necessarily mean worse (or better): Solely focusing on actively generated pollution, I would pick 3 EVs over 1 intcomb car. Adding the pollution caused by manufacturing them and their batteries definitely changes the equation, and I’m not an expert enough to say which is better or worse, but the posted image just focuses a bit too much on the sheer numbers of vehicles.
The more offended this demented narcissistic fascist feels, the more unhinged he gets. He moved on Venezuela for a reason, as well. We definitely shouldn’t just watch this madness and do nothing. But if he sees that the rest of the kindergarten forms an alliance leaving him out, moreover, doing it against him, his fragile ego will shatter again, and he will start throwing mud at everyone.
Except what he has is not mud but the planet’s strongest army.
In my opinion the world is at this shitty state exactly because so many people just don’t care and turn a blind eye to so many injustices, awful things happening in the world. You can ignore the smell of smoke coming from the neighbour, but enough sitting around will just get your roof on fire, as well. Even if the fire avoids you, you could easily be the person burning inside while the neighbour is just “taking their pills”, not caring about the state of the world.
Had more people cared, we wouldn’t see the same atrocities as back in and around WW2, Fascist states and semi-dictatorships running wild without anyone stopping them, white men oppressing minorities, etc.
This engine is woke.
I used to go to uni in this city which had the “horse’s butt” / “horse butt”. It’s just a regular horse soldier kind of statue, nothing special about it; however, due to it being right in front of one of the university buildings, among students it (or the surrounding area) was called like that. I doubt the creator had the title “horse’s rear” in mind.