We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Bill Gates backs climate scientists lobbying for large-scale geoengineering

Click here to access article by John Vidal from The Guardian. 

There are some among the One Percent who know full well that their beloved system of capitalism is causing climate change which will lead to doomsday scenarios. The billionaire Bill Gates is one of the most prominent ones. Over the recent centuries the One Percent with their system of private ownership and abundant fossil fuels have achieved both overwhelming power and prosperity for their private club. In their mad pursuit of profit and power they have used widespread slavery and exploitation, invasions to take what they want, wars to produce more profits, polluted the lakes, rivers, ocean, and the atmosphere, etc. There was no obstacle or enemy that they could not defeat...up until now. But their twin addictions to power and profits does not allow them to acknowledge defeat. Now they imagine they can control the entire ecology of the planet. 
Concern is now growing that the small but influential group of scientists, and their backers, may have a disproportionate effect on major decisions about geoengineering research and policy.





Shouldn't this man and others like him be locked up in mental institutions?