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To:
politics.editor@guardianunlimited.co.uk |
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In "The
cruellest sport" in today's
Guardian I see you tapping in
the dark, Zoe, and I am
writing to tell you that you
are getting "very
warm".
Now, before you go
tapping off in a completely
different direction . . . .
The "mania"
you write of is, in fact, no
"less dangerous than
joining a war". It is
another expression of our
non-sustainable economy and
the equally non-sustainable
lifestyles it engenders.
"Non-sustainable"
doesn't sound as bad as
"war", but when
applied to the global economy
it means that when it breaks
down, as it must, it will
cause human suffering and
death on a scale that will put
even 20th Century wars into
the shade.
Your comparison with 1914 is very well chosen. Future generations (assuming there are any) will look back and ask themselves how WE could be so blind as to march into a global catastrophe that, in broad outline at least, was so clearly predictable. Our "fondness of getting stuff for less than we believe it's worth" is, by the way, not a "national trait", but programmed into our "more animal than human " nature, on which (and this is the most important but overlooked point I want to make) our economy is both based and dependent. Yours sincerely Roger Hicks |
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