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To: The
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Dear Sir/Madam,
I know it's meant well, but simply tut-tutting about grotesque wealth differentials is not enough (Today's editorial: Another Marie Antoinette Moment).
It's not just
the injustice
of it. We
could continue
to live with
that, as we
have done
since
civilisation
began. It's
that things
have changed
fundamentally,
as we rapidly
approach the
limits of what
our planet can
take from its
ever
increasing
population of
technologically
empowered and insatiable
human beings.
We have a
Problem
which, unless
we want our
own children
to curse us,
we urgently
need to face
up to: the
fundamental
non-sustainability
of many of the
values,
attitudes and
(material)
aspirations
that underlie
our
growth-dependent
economy and
the grossly
materialistic
lifestyles it
engenders.
Unsurprisingly,
in view of
their origins
in our animal
nature (see
Darwin). But
Christian
fundamentalists
are not the
only ones
loath to admit
it.
Yesterday's
editorial, "The
House of Time",
by the way,
was excellent.
The editor who
wrote it will
understand
what I'm on
about, I'm
sure.
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