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 LappĂ©, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

US geoengineers to spray sun-reflecting chemicals from balloon

Click here to access article by Martin Lukacs from The Guardian.
Experiment in New Mexico will try to establish the possibility of cooling the planet by dispersing sulphate aerosols
This is a clear indication that the world's One Percent have recognized that they can't "have their cake and eat it too", that is, that they can't have their growth addictive system of capitalism and a stable ecosystem. Because they are addicted to the system that lays their golden eggs, they deal with this contradiction like any typical delusional addict would do: refuse to give up their addiction and pretend that they can control the ecosystem. So, on they go with reckless determination to fiddle with the ecosystem with their puny geo-engineering toys.  

They have ordered their scientists, whom they haven't believed regarding the inevitability of global warming, to run experiments on the planet. Yes, in their madness they think that they can control nature as well as working people! Shall we sit idly by to find out where their madness takes us? Could it be that the world's One Percents are so intoxicated with the drugs of power and wealth that they should be institutionalized? Stay tuned, or better yet, stay active.
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