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Rosie Whinray's avatar

Rule of thumb: if someone is telling a goodies and baddies story, what they're saying is probably not the truth. The truth is complex and paradox-riddled- virtually always. That's what it boils down to, for me: I believe in reality and complexity. We can and should seek to see more clearly and understand things better. That's gnarly work, and it never stops! It's better than bullshit, though!

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Gnug315's avatar

The problems comes from what the goals are, and the goals of capitalism (profit) are unhealthy and damaging - in fact leading us straight to climate destruction hell - and the goals of religion is order & control, and must necessarily combat the truth that would expose their own untruths (eg teaching creationism in school). On top of that, we live in denial about so much, are uneducated, our attention is stolen/hacked (capitalism again).

Suggested reading: Leverage Points (Meadows), 21pages & free online, and Entertaining Ourselves to Death (Postman)

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