[Zzlist-deux] Capitalism, Environmental Crisis, and Socialism

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Capitalism, Environmental Crisis, and Socialism
<http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/2015/03/capitalism-environmental-crisis-and.html>
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*A hundred years from now, humans may remember 2014 as the year that we
first learned that we may have irreversibly destabilized the great ice
sheet of West Antarctica, and thus set in motion more than 10 feet of
sea-level rise. Meanwhile, 2015 could be the year of the double whammy —
when we learned the same about one gigantic glacier of East Antarctica,
which could set in motion roughly the same amount all over again. Northern
Hemisphere residents and Americans in particular should take note — when
the bottom of the world loses vast amounts of ice, those of us living
closer to its top get more sea level rise than the rest of the planet,
thanks to the law of gravity... (Washington Post, March 16) *

The latest findings on climate change reported by the *Washington Post*
mark another step on the path toward environmental catastrophe. Apart from
philistines, apocalyptists, and other celebrants of ignorance, people
understand that the growing degradation of our planet promises pain in the
short run and disaster beyond. When humans first emerged on the planet, the
environment, the climate, and other features of the natural world presented
seemingly insurmountable obstacles to survival. The pre-history and early
history of humankind was a tenuous struggle to construct bulwarks against
natural calumny and a desperate effort to exploit nature's meager
offerings.

Nearly two hundred thousand years after the appearance of *homo sapiens*,
circumstances have turned full circle. Humanity has found the means to
dominate nature (though far from in a humanitarian way), but with seemingly
little regard for the sustainability of the human project. Today, the
formerly vulnerable species threatens to render the earth inhospitable to
itself, a kind of mindless suicide by the only species that genuinely
claims to own a mind.

For those determined to avoid this suicidal path, locating the cause and
finding solutions is an urgent task.



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