Reply #59: that's the part I don't get

[cgrindley]

why is excessive development "up" and why is lack of excessive development "down"?

yeah, I guess I do favor keeping certain parts of the world "down", but it doesn't have anything to do with race or nationality or religion. It's just about population.

I do understand that nothing useful will get done and that the world is utterly fucked. That much is at least obvious.

I'm actually in favor of collectively burying our heads in the sand and pretending that everything's okay. To that end, I don't even pretend to recycle or reduce or reuse or drive a more efficiet car etc. There just isn't a point as long as we're basically going to die due to industrialization half a world away.