I'm not sure which is worse - economic collapse followed by violence and death; or global climate warming which will make us all extinct.
Economic disaster - Pretty hard to ignore -
http://consortiumnews.com/2014/04/24/americas-surge-toward-oligarchy/
"While the elite of the elites get richer and richer and, therefore, can afford to exercise more and more influence over elections, another new study shows that nearly “one-third of American households — 38 million of them — are living a paycheck-to-paycheck existence.” And a new Gallup poll shows an increasing number of households teetering on the brink of “hardship” due to a lack of savings."
Hmm ... that quote from Kennedy comes to mind here, doesn't it? "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."[3]
Global Warming - This is a tough one -
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/we-cannot-afford-to-lose-another-decade-or-even-another-minute
"But struggle and anger alone won't do it. We need intense activism along
with structural analysis and the building of alternative, sustainable
lifestyles. We need wisdom, reverence and creativity that we pull up
from the depths of our uncertainty. Author Joanna Macy
calls it "the Great Turning." It's a shift in consciousness that aligns
social healing, economic fairness and an end to war with environmental
sustainability. And the time to make it happen is running out. We can't
afford to lose another decade, or another twenty minutes."
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