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John Allen aka The Ol' Hippy's avatar

I'll try here instead of Medium. The world started unraveling for reals in 1784 with the patent on James Watt's steam engine that could...with coal. It's been going faster every century since then. In 1945, on July 16, the real acceleration to the end began in earnest(The A-bomb followed by the H-bomb in '52, I believe). That's the last time humans had to halt their imminent destruction. We're now on borrowed time. It's beyond human, or governmental control. Sorry. Peace, The Ol' Hippy

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Sandi Brockway's avatar

Yep. The reason I NEVER had children. Who in their right mind would sacrifice children to this madness?

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John Allen aka The Ol' Hippy's avatar

I am childless also by a choice made in '73 when I was 19, as the world was overpopulated even then. It's about doubles since. And the "Nam was finally winding down. Just replaced or really, a continuation of rampant imperialism. Yech.

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