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In reply to the discussion: Stewart Brand: Why Environmentalists Must Accept Nuclear [View all]joshcryer
(62,270 posts)31. There are examples. See the Aka.
Of course, you rightly note that power and aggression relationships do lead to our type of system, and I am not saying that the scenario outlined is remotely feasible.
Whether the system can be changed is a foregone conclusion. Violence is going down, poverty is going down, inequality is going down, it's all "getting better." At the cost of many lives, but it's "getting better." As far as whether we can actually do anything about it to speed up the process, I don't know. I think yes, but probably not. Not before catastrophic climate change hits us.
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Sorry - it's actually low energy "transformity" that's the hallmark of low quality.
GliderGuider
Feb 2013
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