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Dear
Editor,
I
liked Jonathan
Freedland's
comment in
today's
Guardian about
the need to "do something
about the rich",
but he
is missing
the root cause
of the
problem: a
socio-economic
order
(environment),
in which we
all have our
niches, on
which we all
depend, but
which
developed from
and is thus
deeply rooted
in our "more
animal than
human "
nature -
unsurprisingly,
in view of
what Darwin is
supposed to
have taught us
about human
origins; but
much like
Christian
fundamentalists,
no one, it
seems, whether
leftwing
liberal or
rightwing
Conservative,
wants to face
up to the
implications.
Throughout recorded
history,
civilisations
have been
characterised
by massive
differences in
wealth, but as
we now
approach the
limits of our
planet's
carrying
capacity we
have no
choice, if we
want our
children and
future
generations to
survive, but
to put an end
to it.
How?
By creating an
alternative
socio-economic
order that is
rooted in our
more
enlightened
human nature.
And not being
too long about
it.
Yours
sincerely
Roger
Hicks
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