One of the things that must be considered here
is that the U.S. has long been involved in the colonialization
of the developing world, and is now involved in globalizing the rest of the world.
The Empire uses about 40% of the world’s
resources with only about 5% of the world’s population and if you include the industrialized
nations that consort in globalization with the Empire then 25% of the world’s population
uses approximately 75% of the world’s resources.
Undoubtedly this has led us to the dangerous
edge of ecosystems collapse. If one cares to read historian Robert Sobel’s “The Great Boom – How a generation of American’s Created
the World’s Most Prosperous Society” – just since WWII, and then read the World
Watch Report which states that in the same period of time, more ecological damage
has been done to the Earth’s ecosystems than in all of previous recorded history,
one begins to get the real picture of cause and effect, putting the blame where
blame belongs.
Did we not realize that in destroying the ecosystems
in the Third World such as the coral reefs and rain forests, and instituting others
practices that caused worldwide top soil loss in such a manner as to cause extreme
poverty through monetary practices, that this would not come back to haunt us? Have we been so naďve as not to realize that the
Earth is a ‘whole system’ and that to damage one part of it is to damage the whole
and that the effects are now very, very visible, yet we continue to try to place
the blame on overpopulation in the developing world.
Let’s get real here folks, the party is over,
and time to recognize that one cannot destroy one’s life support system without
paying the consequences at some point in time. The monster thus destroys the monster.
While Sharkfin writes:
“We are witnessing the piecemeal economic destruction of the
wealthiest, most dynamic economic powerhouse in human history.” I have to comment as to what the horrendous price
is we paid to erect this ‘dynamic economic powerhouse’. It defies all humane and ethical considerations.
Peace, love and light
-----Original Message-----
From: wsn-owner@csf.colorado.edu
[mailto:wsn-owner@csf.colorado.edu] On Behalf
Of Luke Rondinaro
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 10:54 AM
To: consiliencep@topica.com
Cc: wsn@csf.colorado.edu
Subject: Fw: [Longwaves Forum]
Engineered Extinction
FYI (From Safehaven Longwaves):
Global Capitalism <"Free
Trade">, {Protectionist} Internationalism
<a "competitive" America>,
or Populism? ... that is
the question. (Luke R.)
Government policies threaten our
jobs, economy and national security by destroying America's basic
resource industries - mining, forestry, farming and ranching.
Imagine an America of closed
factories, shuttered offices, and millions of unemployed blue-collar and
white-collar workers. Imagine a United States of America that is no longer the
leader in any major industrial or technological sector — a U.S. of A. that is
dangerously dependent on foreign suppliers for many of its critical military
supplies and weapons components. Imagine an America that
depends on foreign producers not only for virtually all consumer goods but even
for basic foodstuffs. Imagine an America that is no
longer a land of optimism and opportunity for our younger generations because
it has ceased to be competitive globally and has regulated jobs, careers and
entrepreneurial activities into oblivion. Imagine a rusting and decrepit America that can no
longer economically support its aging population. Imagine a dependent America with supplies
of food, oil and other essentials interrupted by war or terrorism. Imagine
regular electrical blackouts and brownouts similar to those that afflict
developing countries.
Not a pretty picture. But, unfortunately, the above
imaginings are gradually becoming reality. We are witnessing the piecemeal
economic destruction of the wealthiest, most dynamic economic powerhouse in
human history. The American economy is dying, but not from natural causes. It
is being strangled to death in a coordinated pincer attack. America's ability
to survive, produce and prosper is being systematically destroyed by
socialistic taxes and regulations that make U.S. production
of virtually everything increasingly uneconomical. Simultaneously, the same
legislators and government officials who are impeding American producers are
opening the floodgates to cheap foreign goods that are not burdened with the
same debilitating taxes, regulations and mandates.
http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/2003/12-01-2003/jobs.htm
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