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"Collectively we are driving Earth and civilisation towards collapse. Human
activities have exceeded planetary boundaries. We are changing the climate,
losing biodiversity, degrading land, contaminating freshwater, and damaging the
nitrogen and phosphorus cycles upon which we all depend.
We ask how this could happen. Also, why democratically elected governments
ignore the wishes of the majority of their people. Why some governments
continue to export fossil fuels despite commitments to climate mitigation. Why
some go to war in distant lands without any debate in parliament or congress.
Why some give tax cuts to the rich while those on the dole struggle below the
poverty line.
The answers to these questions all come down to one thing: decision-makers and
influencers are captured by vested interests. That is the inconvenient truth
revealed in our new book,
The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation:
Technological, Socioeconomic and Political Change. But these forces can be
overthrown.
We argue it is not sufficient for citizen organisations and governments to
address specific environmental, social justice and peace issues. It’s certainly
necessary, but we must also struggle for systemic change. This means
challenging the covert driving forces of environmental destruction, social
injustice and war, namely, “state capture” and the dominant economic system.
It’s 90 seconds to midnight on the Doomsday Clock, so there’s no time to
waste."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
