Why Civilisation Is Doomed
I came across this list of 10,000 reasons civilisation is doomed. It seems to be an open list of all the reasons people think civilization (as we know it) is on the rocks. Among the contenders:
- Overpopulation - over time, larger population v non-renewable resources. Seems like a no-brainer, but no-one’s stepping in on this issue. Why not?
- Capitilism - because profit isn’t the purpose of life. Everybody trying to make a quick buck at the expense of everybody else - amateur property developers, suing your friends and neighbours, etc.
- Avarice in the hearts of apathetic consumers who feast on fried fat, luxury cars, and infinite unnecessary gadgets when millions die annually from malnutrition, murder, and disease. How can one purchase thirty pairs of shoes, $100 meals, and diamond rings when so many suffer from a want of basic necessities?
- Rape is not punishable by castration.
Anyway, my contender for the list is that people (as a group) are just too stupid. Human beings are dumb. Let me cite Northern Ireland to you as an example of how a group of people can endure years of bitter conflict and continue to vote for the idiots who caused the problem in the first place. At the expense of parties who just might help to create employment and opportunities for their doomed-to-be-idiot offspring.
Well, I’ve just turned 30, and guess what? The world didn’t end. Dammit.
