AVOIDING PLANETARY SUICIDE; Step Four.

ACCEPTING THE TWO PART CHALLENGE; inc Grokking the Opposition (BE COOL).

Jul 25, 2023

GROKKING the OPPOSITION.

“If people had been courageous, Hitler would have remained a corporal.” Anon.

“You can’t trust capitalism with your health.” Obvious.

Every day now, we are confronted with comments and articles that relate to the frightening state of Our world today. Some are deliberately misinformative. Yet quite clearly the numbers are swelling of those who perceive that it is the right wing’s policies and insatiable corporate greed that lie at the very heart of the problem, that we are led by Vacuous Lemmings…….

We want things to change, drastically change.

The right wing do NOT want change, and whilst they control much of the media, they cannot continue to fool us all of the time- Even so they still stick to the mantra that has served them so well, so far ….. “things will get better, only if you trust us” ….. This blatant untruth is apparently designed to convince us that we do not need to concern ourselves, hmmm, whilst in fact the real implication is “Resistance is Futile.”

RHUBARB !!!

History tells us otherwise. History tells us that when the Masses rise against injustice, the tide turns, at least partially, sometimes Massively. Yes, it’s a cycle; As the peaceful resistance grows angry, the authoritarian tyranny becomes ever more draconian - their disproportionate violent aggression provokes a less aggressive defensive violence. Thereby EXACTLY fulfilling the desires of the right wing, for whom PROVOKING violence is the perceived route to Profitable Totalitarianism.

Logically then, the use of defensive violence by the democratically inclined - is NOT the solution.

CHALLENGES….

Q). So just how do we avoid Drowning, Frying, Starvation, Plague etc ? What Peaceful, Responsible Action can we take ??

A). A CHANGE OF PERSPECTIVE IS REQUIRED :- Inherent in the Spin thrusted at us “Resistance is Futile” is Also the alternative message… TURN IT AROUND; and Thus :- “the little individual GREENIES can do nothing” Becomes “United as individuals we stand”.

Please Note that I do NOT advocate anyone should join protest marches, disfigure public art or glue hands to roads / runways. Nor the disrupting of sporting events, of chucking eggs, storming institutions or smashing windows. There are enough passionate rebels doing that already. Whilst all that stuff attracts attention, awareness, discussion, it also allows and encourages the Right Wing to introduce extreme counter measures….. eg:- the vast costs of surveillance is borne by the surveilled - NOT by Big Brother.

MONEY IS THE WEAPON - TURN IT AROUND…

The Majority of Our eight Billion live under Forced Dependency, ie:- the grinding quest for financial security, whilst the Right Wing minority drive up inflation, promote consumerism and manipulate taxation to the disadvantage of the majority.

THINK ABOUT THAT - ask yourself 1). “Is there any part of Forced Dependency that I Personally can mitigate (maybe drive less, grow my own, anything else) ?? …… 2). What might be the outcome if a whole bunch of Good Folks were to do the same thing ?? 3). Does this take me Out of my Comfort Zone ?? 4). Can I accept such challenges ??” - - - - - TIP :- think like a creative entrepreneur ie:- to solve a problem, start by doing something less demanding. The satisfaction gained will spur you on !!”

“The world is no longer big enough to accommodate all the traffic” Patricia Cornwell in Southern Cross”

“Change begins with active participation” Heather Booth, Third Act, Substack.

If we are to act as responsible individuals we must understand that the Concept of NEEDS is corrupted into DESIRES as a marketing tool to drive up suppliers profits. Our Real Need is simply to live in a healthy world. Health Beats Avarice. “To free oneself from desire, one must desire to do so” Henry Miller.

Driving less reduces the use of fossil fuels. Clearly a heck of a lot more of us need to drive - and fly a heck of a lot less. Or even stop altogether. Not always practical, sure, especially when one has dependents to feed and loans to cover. Nevertheless picking up this baton is reported to be popular.

Making it Personal Helps - I finally felt compelled to, and was fortunate enough to be able to sell off my old Diesel truck. I used the cash to buy a second hand E-Trike. Currently exploring fitting solar to a camping trailer. There are so many people taking such options that a huge E-bike industry is evolving. New tech is producing ever lighter batteries that are also ever less exploitive / greener than the disastrous/cancerous activities of Big Oil.

RHUBARB !!

“We’re just out for Grabits, And we breed just like Rabbits, We just don’t deserve to inherit the Earth !” Yumeman Rays.

GROKKING THE OPPOSITION.

Corruption is a Necessary Function in and of Right leaning Governments. By allowing temptation to flourish, first greed, then blackmail are added to the toolkit of the R.W partys' trade. A ruthless mechanism for stifling dissent. A cancerous political practice, a disease inflicted on any house that strives for honest democracy. This is NOT survival of the fittest, NOR it is survival of mankind.

Thanks to Big Oil we have corruption of so many facets of rule. Thanks to the corruption of language we have been brainwashed into accepting terms such as “Convenience”. …… a useful example being convenience stores…….. What is convenient about having our local independent family stores being removed from our communities ? What is convenient about having to drive some distance to buy our regular consumables, which have already been shipped over oceans and continents ? What is convenient in the huge quantities of food rot in transit, thereby needing to be dumped ? What is convenient about the serious health risks in Chemically poisoning of food Production AND Plastic packaging that we then feed to our children ?

Two thinks about Plastics worth consideration…… 1). The Big Chain Supermarkets have repeatedly promised to look at reducing plastic packaging. RHUBARB !! They ain’t done much yet - will they ever ? 2). Meanwhile Big Insane Oil are quadrupling their production of plastics to offset loss of fuel profits. Do either of these industries care a jot for Human Life ??

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CHALLENGES.

ONCE AGAIN; MONEY IS THE WEAPON - TURN IT AROUND.

Cities are where the majority of people live, and their populations are mostly poorer than their rural neighbours, both in terms of cash and living space/land access. Thereby making it harder to produce ones own edibles. Junk food and foodbanks are on the increase and so are related illnesses.

The challenges are more complicated here than those of fossil fuel reduction. but not insurmountable. If you have a spot for a window box or even a tiny yard, you should be able to grow some stuff. If you are as fortunate as me (20ft x 20ft veg patch) you can probably grow enough surplus to donate. There’s a stack of “how to” info on the internet……..

But really, the other side of this Lifestyle Challenge is the importance of walking away from the industries that are polluting your bodies, risking your lives, depleting your resources. I repeat - MAKE IT PERSONAL - here’s how I tackle it….. Rolled up the previous occupiers polluting fake grass, turned the pavers on their side to create raised beds. Learned a bit about cultivating veg, (still learning). Built a big compost bin, from pallets, filled it with grass cuttings and fallen leaves from the park, plus lots green kitchen waste from a family that used to dump it. Added free horse manure from the farm where I cycle to for milk in glass bottles, + cheese in paper. Reduced my meat consumption by 90%, and only buy from a butcher who also wraps it paper. Take my own cloth bag to the local baker. Same for fruit from the farmers market (at 50% of store prices), and recycle paper bags for dried goods from the local ethnic shop. Three or four trips a year to a family run supermarket for olive oil and peanut butter. The big Chains with all their awful plasticized processed health risks, shareholder payouts / obscene exec bonuses, Hah ! can take a hike……. My resulting Monthly Grubstake 125EUROS, minimal waste & a damn sight healthier too. You can figure out how do it too, one small step at a time. Keep money out of the hands of the corrupt, leave more in your pocket, reduce forced dependency stress.

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