hunter8 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 11:09 pm

Phnom Poon wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 11:05 pm survival of the fittest

Basically yes. It will stay this way while humans are biological robots. Something may change when we become machines. Not in this millennia, sorry.

Your upbringing has definitely shaped your views, There is no exploitation, it is help. The law of the jungle is a hard way to live my friend. the 2400 billionaires hold more wealth than 60% of humanity. Imagine what life would be like if you grew up in a civilized western nation. For example Sweden, Norway or Canada. Where socialist ideals, that is to say, the common good is most highly regarded, countries where the poor sick are entitled to the same health care as the rich sick, perhaps you wouldn t have such a fatalistic view of humanity. I traveled to many communist countries in the 70's, they were backward compared to mine, poorer of course but the deprivation you speak of also happened in 3/4 of the world that weren t communists, What are necessities were considered luxuries in Thailand and Cambodia 2 generations ago. And still are in the bottom 50% of the world.

John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:57 pm

Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:51 pm Youth should be idealistic. If youth is not idealistic, who is ? I'm all for jolting the old fogeys out of their complacency. I just don' t have the faith anymore.
With time comes cynicism.

Sure, but how come a supposedly serious issue is being emphasized by a kid? Aren't there any other more competent people around?

Yes there are more competent people around
But Gretta is cute and entertaining and she gets the point across. Heck, we had All Gore inventor of the internet and of Gore-Tex. Before that we had ATWA, that was talking about this issue in 1969!

stirrer ^^^ (Clutch)

Yo ho ho
Yo ho ho
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

she's got the next generation totally on board
and half the generation above that
'doesn't matter a flying flock what we all think..

so back to the rummumblings for us old farts
Yo ho ho.....
(like a broken record)

Hehe couldn't help myself

An interesting (although far from new) take from Jane Goodall
"Jane Goodall says global disregard for nature brought on coronavirus pandemic"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-11/ ... s/12142246

Like everything else ^^^ to these guys
... it tastes just like Peking Duck