A friend sent me the good wishes at left, which I happily share with all 2GreenEnergy readers. Keep in mind that, strange though it may be, not everyone feels this way; this is something of a controversial statement. Think of …
Category: Sustainability
On Cooperation
This fellow’s beliefs, as presented here, were accepted by the majority of intellectuals at the turn of the 20th Century. Marx and Engels, drawing on Hegel, had forwarded the idea of the dialectic, which, in political terms, means the never-ending …
What Precisely IS the Story of Human Civilization?
I love the sentiment here, but this is not an accurate depiction of the situation in which humankind finds itself. In particular, there never was a time at which we considered ourselves brothers and sisters, etc. Recently, the theory of …
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The Dumbing Down of America
Below is a Christmas cartoon from 1974. To me, what makes it worth mentioning is that 50 years ago, most Americans could have recited this passage from H.D. Thoreau from memory, where today, just half a century into the great …
Tagged with: Dumbing Down of America
Celebrating the Blessing of Christmas
My wife is decorating our Christmas tree in advance of a party we’re hosting tomorrow evening. My job is putting on music of the season to keep her in the mood as she picks out the ornaments and arranges them …
Tagged with: Taking Care of One Another
Hate and Ignorance Are Warmly Welcomed Here
There have been neo-Nazis in American society, their numbers ebbing and rising, ever since the Third Reich was put down in 1945. They are a scourge to civilization, because they remind us of everything that is wrong with the human …
Tagged with: Hate and ignorance
Can We Really Tax the Rich?
Common wisdom suggests that the “rich” in the sense presented at the left have wrested control of our country’s lawmaking processes so completely that the rest of us are powerless to regain even the tiniest bit. I’m not so sure. …
Tagged with: abject stupidity on the part of the common american that was released and given wings by Donald Trump, being ruled by the billionaires and corporations while the middle class evaporates completely, Salem witch trials of 1692, Tax The Rich, the former president goes down, the rich have wrested control of our country's lawmaking processes so completely that the rest of our are powerless to regain even the tiniest bit
Understanding Democratic Socialism
Hillsdale College writes: There’s no doubt that socialism is on the rise in America, especially among younger citizens. A recent poll showed that 70% of Millennials are either “somewhat likely” or “extremely likely” to vote socialist. I’m heartened by this, …
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Ending Animal Agriculture
What the meme here says is largely true, but as a practical matter, there is no way to get there from here. Most of the people who are willing to remove meat from their diets (for whatever reason) have already …
Tagged with: plant-based and lab-grown meat industry
Sorry, But You’re Poor, and That Means You’re Going to Die
Americans live in the only country in the developed world that allows people with treatable diseases to die, simply because they can’t afford healthcare. This should make every single one of us extremely angry.
