i recently started watching battlestar gallactica. as much as i thought i'd be embarrassed to admit it, my point here trumps my shame.
when it comes to the future, and people are floating through space on their spaceships, there are three undeniable truths:
1) in order to survive, the people need water.
2) in order to survive, the people need food.
3) in order to survive, the people need air.
looking at today, these are three resources being destroyed by the minute.
our water is polluted beyond comprehension.
most food is now processed and nutrient-lacking.
and the air is browned with chemicals.
it makes me realize that capitalism is a far worse system than any communist or socialist system that ever befell this world. capitalism lets the few put their personal interests before the good of the many; it puts the bottom line before the last breath; and it lets money talk louder than mother earth.
when all is said and done, all the money in the world will not bring back the air, food and water once it is gone.
and this is such a great shame that we'll forever be branded with after we all pass away; and it is a surety that future generations will look back at us, scratching their heads, and wonder: 'what the hell were they thinking...'
