What sacrifices are we willing to make for our planet, for our species, for our world, for the species outside of our own? Are we willing to sacrifice having children? Are we willing to sacrifice entertainment? Owning a car? Taking a plane? Are we willing to give up protective devices and/or weapons? What rights are we willing to sacrifice to save what we have and preserve it? Any at all?
It seems that few people are ready to give anything up. And think how much sooner we'd have been in this mess if China hadn't had their one child rule ... I haven't had kids, and have been vegetarian most of my life; the former was partly to save the planet, the latter to save individuals. But I only learned to drive in my 30s and am not keen to give that up - or taking holidays abroad, for that matter. Weapons - they can ditch those, but they won't. One of the problems is this insane drive for growth - to feed the bank balances of a greedy few, who intend to sit in their ivory towers and watch the rest of us burn.
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It seems that few people are ready to give anything up. And think how much sooner we'd have been in this mess if China hadn't had their one child rule ... I haven't had kids, and have been vegetarian most of my life; the former was partly to save the planet, the latter to save individuals. But I only learned to drive in my 30s and am not keen to give that up - or taking holidays abroad, for that matter. Weapons - they can ditch those, but they won't. One of the problems is this insane drive for growth - to feed the bank balances of a greedy few, who intend to sit in their ivory towers and watch the rest of us burn.