there is a certain solidarity of 'us' that people don't seem to have anymore, the link to one another is gone, so what makes us care about the whole? (an' not just 'whole' as in our own families or communities, but 'whole' as the entire planet)


One of the most ferocious falsehoods being fed to aspiring young MBAs in universities in the West is that the profit motive is defined solely by numbers of dollars cleared. This "bottom line" mentality is useful to those whose minds are too wounded to actually face consequences and ramifications of their actions, or take responsibility for righter actions.

But I believe the sensitivity of group well-being, species well-being and even whole-planet well-being is still alive and well in people's hearts, even when it is buried. What buries it is the belief that their environment contains danger to their individual survival. This is the kind of chronic, endemic fearfulness that makes sheep and automatons out of what might be proud, thinking humans. It is manufactured in car-lots by insurance salesmen, politicians, and others who profit from terror of a white-collar variety. I schpit! :>)

That said...what the hell are you doing in Colombia? :>)


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