Peter CohenWhy is it that we keep blaming our kids' depression and anxiety on social media and smartphones instead of the fact that we've turned the entire planet into a burning dumpster fire for them to deal with
Sane Thinker@flargh Our depression runs far deeper than that. We are barely tethered to reality anymore. Living as a human has been stolen from us. https://geoffreydeihl.substack.com/p/the-illusions-of-fossil-fuels
Patsy@gdeihl @flargh “Our humanity has been stolen. If we’re lucky, or ruthless, we live in gilded cages.” Yes! We’ll said and great piece of writing. Thank you for sharing! Have you read Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau? He’s definitely onto something and we’re going have to make some hard choices and organized defiance inorder to reclaim our individual and collective humanity.
@macnchez @flargh I have a copy of Walden around here somewhere. Thoreau saw and felt the disconnection when it was far less disconnected than it is now. Sadly, we don't learn from the great writers and artists. Generally, they are the best of us. Glad you liked my essay. I can't get my mind off of the human condition anymore. It feels a little harder every day to bear witness.
@macnchez @flargh I believe in this, but the conversation isn't even on the table. https://geoffreydeihl.substack.com/p/degrowth-the-vision-we-must-demand
@gdeihl @flargh you’re unfortunately correct about that. We are far from challenging capitalism and it’s impact on humanity. So long as society is measured by its wealth we are in big trouble. I sense with some strong movements we could at the very least undo citizens United and that starts the butterfly effect. Lots of great work is being done to counter the abuse on our planet and I believe it will emerge when the time is right and the people will be there to back it.