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Starry Gordon's avatar

"We have met the enemy, and he is us?"

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Mary Wildfire's avatar

I disagree with a lot of this narrative. It doesn't acknowledge that while a central CULTURE based on domination has played out the trajectory Caitlin describes, many indigenous groups have respected nature, seen themselves as part of it, seen all the world as alive and related, and have not been a part of all this destruction and violence. Most were eventually overrun by the domination based culture, and assimilated or driven to extinction or exile. So the current condition is accurately described, but it's not due to a universal human nature. It's a destructive culture, whose penchant for violence and ripoff unfortunately give it an edge over wiser competitors. I also am not at all sure that the overall story is of development and progress, with a decent chance that we will just evolve into discarding the destructive shit. I just don't see that. If there's any maturation happening within humanity, it's happening too slowly to cope with the rapid buildup of self-imposed threats.

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