Sustainable Human

Both governments and corporations are hierarchical by nature and are causing the most harm on the planet. Is it possible to create a non-hierarchical society capable of working, trading, and governing ourselves without shadow kings to rule over us?

One day during a bus commute, a passenger tossed an empty soda bottle out of the door and onto the city street. It occurred to me that maybe people who grew up in cities don't realize that they trashing their only environment. Then again, neither does our economic system.

Have you read "Confessions of An Economic Hitman" by John Perkins?

To be materialistic in our culture usually means the opposite of having respect for materials.

The Tar Sands in Alberta, Canada or the mountain tops of Appalachia are great examples of this.

What have you understood foreign policy to be really about?

Add this to the list of ironies in our modern world.

When we have an economic system focused on the single goal of profit, everything else is sacrificed to it, including the land. This is the definition of fundamentalism.

As soon as you talk about capitalism, most people say "It's the best system we've ever had." But if that system is going to render the possibility of the extinction of life on Earth, we are going to have to do better!

Instead of judging, we can spend our time understanding or supporting them, or if need be, simply getting out of the way.

Any system that is designed to reward the few while millions sleep in the cold and are hungry is not a system worth fighting for.

One reason why getting trapped inside of party politics is so dangerous...

It doesn't seem like a good long term strategy, does it?

Why do so many of us judge others?

What is John Perkins talking about?

Change is the one true constant in the world but doesn't it seem like we have built an economic system that is unchangeable?

Corporations represent a dichotomy. On the one hand, their insatiable appetite for profit comes at the cost... youtu.be/hfRhmvIHgmY?a

We need a new definition of "materialism."

What's that saying? Let he who is without sin cast the first stone?

Capitalism is a fundamentalist ideology because it sacrifices everything to the single goal of profit.