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John Ludi

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3. My view

Reply to bullimiami (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 16, 2020, 09:10 AM

Nov 2020

exactly.

Frankly, I see a lot of what is going on now as the unconscious suicidal impulse writ large. I suspect there is a latent control mechanism written into the human psyche/genetic code (how ever one prefers to frame it) that kicks in once real world limits are reached...and we reached them a while ago.

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Watching my species die in real time [View all] disalitervisum Nov 2020 OP

I would join you due to my mrs_p Nov 2020 #1

since as a species, we appear too stupid to control our own growth and resource management. bullimiami Nov 2020 #2

My view John Ludi Nov 2020 #3

Yeah, and supposedly intellectual functioning is our strong suit. MoonRiver Nov 2020 #5

Sadly, John Ludi Nov 2020 #6

LOL - Who says? I own the challenge T-shirt: What would Bucky do? n/t Backseat Driver Nov 2020 #8

We may end up in the great trash bin of history...ultimately. PirateRo Nov 2020 #4

... Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #7