1. Let's say you care about peace over war. Scientific American (June 2024) reports that the world is experiencing the highest level of conflict since the Second World War. War is one of the greatest causes of human suffering on a planetary scale through trauma, displacement and insecurity. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/warfares-climate-emissions-are-huge-but-uncounted/
2. Let's say you care about the survival of the planet. The CO2 emissions in the first 60 days of the Israeli bombardment in Gaza produced exceeded 281,000 metric tons from direct actions alone, and the environmental cost of re-construction of Gaza will exceed that of 130 countries. [https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4684768]
3. If you don't care about peace or the planet, you are a waste of skin.
I work at a national lab that sent everyone home without pay for one week so far, lack of funding. War over Science, the Director sent out a directive not to discuss that event with implied threat. Just think about that, a national lab doing fundamental science that corporations for the most part are not interested in went home without pay. Not that science should take precedence over other peaceful needs, it's just how bankrupt physically and morally we are in the u.s. Have we come to the end of End Stage Capitalism.
Yes we thought so too. Much of what the u.s. Gov. used to do is now done by contractors even NASA now is mostly contractors. Our lab became a LLC roughly 10 yrs. ago, three Uni. and a private co. still funded by a Gov. dept. Healthcare you could keep when you retired was the first thing that went.
I'd like to add:
1. Let's say you care about peace over war. Scientific American (June 2024) reports that the world is experiencing the highest level of conflict since the Second World War. War is one of the greatest causes of human suffering on a planetary scale through trauma, displacement and insecurity. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/warfares-climate-emissions-are-huge-but-uncounted/
2. Let's say you care about the survival of the planet. The CO2 emissions in the first 60 days of the Israeli bombardment in Gaza produced exceeded 281,000 metric tons from direct actions alone, and the environmental cost of re-construction of Gaza will exceed that of 130 countries. [https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4684768]
3. If you don't care about peace or the planet, you are a waste of skin.
'Nuff said.
I work at a national lab that sent everyone home without pay for one week so far, lack of funding. War over Science, the Director sent out a directive not to discuss that event with implied threat. Just think about that, a national lab doing fundamental science that corporations for the most part are not interested in went home without pay. Not that science should take precedence over other peaceful needs, it's just how bankrupt physically and morally we are in the u.s. Have we come to the end of End Stage Capitalism.
You had a gag order to not tell anyone you weren't getting paid? That's too weird.
Yes we thought so too. Much of what the u.s. Gov. used to do is now done by contractors even NASA now is mostly contractors. Our lab became a LLC roughly 10 yrs. ago, three Uni. and a private co. still funded by a Gov. dept. Healthcare you could keep when you retired was the first thing that went.
The 1st. signs of total bankruptcy ??? ... 🤔🤔🤔 34 trillion are waiting to be smelted ...
Take care ... the "stuff" ahead is unprecedented.
See also your post about state-protection for DNC in Chicago ...
Any chance of getting figures for Ukraine to be added into this equation ??? ...