Those for whom the economy means everything, and who must maintain control over each thing and every person in their lives, will lie and cheat and do whatever it takes to assert their power and position. The flat out denial of climate change is pure ignorance. How so many people can be blindsided by the boisterous and venomous sneering of Trump, is beyond me. His foolish rationalization for recent natural disasters is “poor management”, which implies that he believes human beings can control nature. The truth is that we are part of nature and not separate from it. The only thing we can control is ourselves.
A large percentage of fires are caused by human carelessness, but those fires are spreading because of abnormally dry conditions. Shorelines are slipping into the ocean in some parts of the world, forcing entire towns to retreat inland. We seize forest habitat from other species to build our houses. We build our homes at the water’s edge, directly in the path of danger and flippantly mock the elements. The state of our economy will make no difference whatsoever when we delude ourselves into believing that our riches will protect us. When we live entirely at the whim of our ego, setting ourselves up on the tip top of a pedestal, the only place we can go is down and it will not be a pretty fall. We will tumble headlong to our own destruction.
We can turn a blind eye to the pain and suffering all around us. We can turn a deaf ear to the cries for racial justice. We can sit in our castles, surrounded by a moat of hatred that separates us from those less fortunate; but we will not be safe for long. Nature will find a way to restore balance. She has her own economy. She will return order to our planet and put us in our rightful place.
