What will happen is the system will crash faster than we realise. Yes, it will reassemble and there will be forests, but they won’t look anything like what we have now. We are going to see this transformation before our eyes…
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Arguably – metaphorically – when it is Australia’s Murray-Darling, as recently described:
the canary, and the coalmine, for the world when it comes to water stress.
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According to an alarming recent article in the Australian edition of The Guardian, Australia is “losing the fight” against invasive species.
It quotes scientists who claim that the “invaders” pose a greater threat to Australia’s native species than does climate change.
(so, you may ask, “why on earth does the image atop this Pelican Yoga post depict an Australian native species which is clearly flourishing?”)
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Nancy Eisenberg’s White Trash has many telling direct quotes.
My favourite is a remark made by Lyndon Johnson when he encountered a group of “homely” women holding up racist signs in Tennessee:
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…reading Nancy Isenberg’s White Trash (subtitled The 400-year untold history of class in America) will likely give you a whole new perspective on Trump & Trumpism.
(this post’s featured image depicts an absolutely “legitimate” bit of campaigning by an absolutely real Wanker. She was re-elected; all is revealed at this post’s end)
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…at the heart of the theory that privatisation will provide better services at lower costs is the absurd assumption that the vulnerable can stand up for themselves.
One CommentYou are made to hate each other because upon that hatred is rested the keystone of the arch of financial despotism which enslaves you both.
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Three recent essays (one, delivered as a speech to The National Press Club) – each, very different – are provocative, but nuanced.
Richard Flanagan’s, Stan Grant’s and Don Watson’s words are worth reading, in full.
Comments closedIn light of the first comment in response to it, you may like to explore the following – all apropos, in various ways, whether directly so, or indirectly.
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