Click here to access article by Moti Nissani from Dissident Voice.
(Note: This week I am radically departing from my usual rule of
posting articles that are limited to the past 30 days. I have recently
discovered to my deep chagrin that I have been missing many excellent
articles by Moti Nissani due in large part to my own failings, some
misunderstandings, and because no one drew my attention to them. I am
making up for this now by posting what I regard as the best articles of
his in chronological order starting in 2010, one for each day everyday
of this week, and maybe beyond until I catch up.
By giving Nissani this special consideration, I do not wish to imply
that I agree with every single one of his views. Nobody has a monopoly
on truth. We are like the blind men and the elephant fable
who must collaborate to unravel the many mysteries of our existence.
This is in sharp contrast to immature people who always look to leaders
or "people in the know" for guidance on what to believe and how to
behave. All of us must become our own seekers of truth if there is to be
any hope of our continued existence as humans.)
This retired professor of biology with a rich background in the humanities looks at all the possible threats to humans, assesses probabilities, and adds them up to see what the future looks like for humans. It doesn't look good.
But what if we could replace the dominant class-based social-economic system in the world known as capitalism with one that could rationally coexist in harmony with the biosphere? I think this would greatly increase our chances of survival for many centuries. I see this as the major and crucial challenge facing humanity today.
Some scientists say that it is already too late to save the biosphere and human extinction is imminent (20-30 years); but I argue that even if we as individuals accept this as true, we as a species must strive to do better than what we have done so far. This means in the time remaining we will demonstrate that our human natures simply will not accept an economic system that guarantees the rule of a class of people and their culture whose character is defined by "greed, shortsightedness, and colossal stupidity". We are better than that.