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In reply to the discussion: I Am an Evil White Man [View all]harumph
(1,900 posts)I'm white and middle aged and don't feel guilty at all. That doesn't mean that I don't realize what damages human
beings of European extraction have done. A happenstance of history and the way things fell out. Yes, let's work to
correct it (individually and collectively) - European technological ascendance in the 16th - 20th centuries led to the (current)
shit show. However, if you think an ascendant PRC will be any better "stewards" of the environment - I think you have a
screw loose. Irrespective of ethic background - we are mere humans, prone to the same avarice, envy and hates - and we ALL have to find in ourselves a better way of responding to power along that includes a healthy reluctance to use it as a first resort.
Your histrionics fall flat with me.