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<blockquote data-quote="Grendel_Khan" data-source="post: 8410935" data-attributes="member: 7028554">Not sure which timeline you guys are currently living in, but in this one the notion that unity wins the day is already debunked. We're careening toward a climate apocalypse right now that people have known about for decades, and that no one is banding together to stop. Instead we have the most powerful people and organizations on the planet closing ranks to secure dominance in the bad times to come, or just burning cash and attention on rocket technology that's irrelevant to the actual threats that are currently wrecking societies and economies. That single case of the cuddly real-world version of Lord of the Flies gets tossed around a lot, like a bright shiny object we can focus on despite countless counter-examples of power protecting itself at all costs, the poor becoming poorer and more vulnerable, and no one coming to our rescue, including some miraculous sense of community triumphing over adversity.I really wish I agreed, in other words, but look at anything that's happening right now on a national or international level. Look at how a sense of community could have stamped out COVID months ago, and instead many countries are right back in the thick of it. I'm all for being optimistic, really. But I think you also have to show your work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grendel_Khan, post: 8410935, member: 7028554"] Not sure which timeline you guys are currently living in, but in this one the notion that unity wins the day is already debunked. We're careening toward a climate apocalypse right now that people have known about for decades, and that no one is banding together to stop. Instead we have the most powerful people and organizations on the planet closing ranks to secure dominance in the bad times to come, or just burning cash and attention on rocket technology that's irrelevant to the actual threats that are currently wrecking societies and economies. That single case of the cuddly real-world version of Lord of the Flies gets tossed around a lot, like a bright shiny object we can focus on despite countless counter-examples of power protecting itself at all costs, the poor becoming poorer and more vulnerable, and no one coming to our rescue, including some miraculous sense of community triumphing over adversity. I really wish I agreed, in other words, but look at anything that's happening right now on a national or international level. Look at how a sense of community could have stamped out COVID months ago, and instead many countries are right back in the thick of it. I'm all for being optimistic, really. But I think you also have to show your work. [/QUOTE]

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