Dec 02
What overpopulation has done - and might very well do!
James Hopkins, in his essay Human Population Crisis, gives a lucid and compelling argument explaining the principle of exponential growth combined with the difference between quantity and quality.
How much have we contributed toward humanely contolling our number and preserving the environment? Nature is a balance of existence. In order to coincide with nature, we must balance the saving and extending of lives with the number of lives which we produce. We mustn’t use resources any faster than they can be reproduced. We need to respect ourselves by learning to respect the environment which we rely upon for our own existence. If not, we will cease to exist.
James Hopkins
But not until the coda appears does the reader truly understand the depth of our dilemma.
In the end it all comes down to, You Reap What You Sow!
Environment Images
Jun 25
The Invisible Class
I guess all of the more privileged in this country have been way too busy to notice the contradiction between extreme wealth coupled with middle class consumer values that have a left a wide chasm in The American Dream scenario.
Trickle-down Economics
- Haven’t we been working on this Growth and Consumer Economy thing for at least the last sixty years
- Certainly that is sufficient time for any respectable theory to work all the “bugs” out
- If we just continue to grow the economy at 3% per year, all the money and jobs generated will naturally “trickle down” to all the underclasses in this country
A Walking Tour of Poverty
If you seriously believe that, it’s time to take a trip through the underbelly of any large urban area. Start with say NYC/Newark/Hartford, then Philly/WDC, maybe Miami and Atlanta. Then hit Detroit and Chicago/St Louis. Don’t forget New Orleans, Houston and Phoenix. And of course finish it all off in Oakland and LA, the list is endless.
- Forget about unemployment figures and all that government nonsense
- These people have fallen so far “between the cracks” there is no realistic way of counting the mass of unfortunates that are also Americans
So, remember as your cups “runneth over” and you think we can continue to add to, rather than fix what’s already upon us, stop, look around and be grateful you are not one of the tens of millions living something less than the “good life”.
Photo Credit:Beggar in the Subway:Internet Author Unknown
Economy, Society Homeless, Images, Poverty
