"In Ukraine, not only all thermal power plants were destroyed, but also almost all hydroelectric power plants"
- President Zelensky at UN General Assembly
More from the Ukrainian President's statements:
Millions of people may be left without heat in winter.
Russian Federation is preparing attacks on our nuclear reactors to disconnect them from the energy supply system.
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"We are one species.
We are the human race.
And ultimately the fate of one part of us will be the fate of another.
Whether disease or politics or myriads of other untold misfortunes, we all suffer the same fate.
Together."
SearingTruth
@SearingTruth @Free_Press True. But throughout history there have been psychopaths who wish to dominate others at any cost. Some of them have powerful charisma and are able to motivate masses of people to do their bidding. They don't care about the human species, they care about personal pleasure and aggrandizement.
This is the problem that keeps cropping up. Most people want to just live their lives, raise their children, avoid problems. But there are the Genghis Khans, Alexander the Greats, Adolf Hitlers -- single, rare, special individuals, that have other plans and have the innate skills to make them happen, at the cost of millions of lives that they don't care about.
This is the problem.
@shuttersparks @SearingTruth @Free_Press
And the scores of greedy venal millions they captivate and rely upon to gain office and cheer them on.
Them, too.
@f800gecko @SearingTruth @Free_Press Yes, well, always bear in mind how dumb the average person is, and bear in mind that half the population is even dumber than that. (thank you George Carlin, and many others, and the brutal truth of simple arithmetic. Hahaha.)
However, you do bring up an interesting thing that only applies in the United States today. It also applied in Germany in the 1920s and 30s. USians are brought up to think they are special. I'm old and remember this well from my childhood. "You're really smart. You can grow up to be President someday." BULLSHIT!
300 million to one chance of becoming president. Nobody in their right mind ought to say this to a child. But it was said to me more than once. It's insane to say this to a child. But perfectly normal in the USA.
Living here in West Virginia, I can say that a lot of people here feel they are entitled to be rich and powerful because they were born in the USA. To them, that's what it means to be born in the USA. And, of course, all of them are disappointed, disillusioned, and ANGRY. This anger is what powers MAGA. "I ought to be rich and powerful. I'm not, so it's someone's fault. Someone has messed with the "USA Game" and screwed me out of being rich. Being rich is my RIGHT as an American". This is what they believe. And I'm not surprised, given the crock of shit I was fed since childhood.
@shuttersparks @Free_Press
I agree fellow citizen Phil Landmeier.
Which is why I wrote A Future of the Brave almost two decades ago in hopes of leading in a human direction.
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"A Grand Challenge
My friends, the simple truth is that we are wasting our precious time, resources, intellect, and passion. As a species we are just as aimless today as when our primitive ancestors first ventured out upon this earth.
Today I am proposing that for the first time in human history, we change that.
Radically.
More than any time in history, humanity needs a grand challenge. Not only to avert its extinction, but also to indelibly etch the common bond of mutual reliance and cooperation on current and future generations.
Fortunately, all of the forces that now seem to conspire against us can quickly be turned to our advantage.
For the first time in human history we actually possess technologies so advanced that any physical problem can potentially be solved.
And yet, I wonder, do we possess the will and wisdom to utilize them for our salvation instead of our destruction?
I propose that we find out.
So today I offer you a radical and stark choice between two future realities.
An aimless future of continued war and conflict, with all its accompanying suffering and death; or a limitless future dedicated to defeating suffering and death itself, with all its accompanying technological advancement and social evolution.
Yes indeed, I have a new plan, for all of you. A plan of hope. A plan of adventure. A plan of such extraordinary magnitude as to take the breath, and challenge the senses, of all who would consider it. A plan to bind our common people in hope, and finally free our conscience for noble purpose.
I propose that in the next three decades we at last end the scourge of human disease upon this Earth, and begin the inevitable adventure of humanity's migration beyond it.
We shall at last unlock the fundamental secrets of our biology so we may conquer any illness or defect at will, and we shall free ourselves from the bonds of our native home so we may evade global calamities, and begin the expansion of our species beyond this world.
No longer shall our survival be dependent upon the random and dispassionate forces of nature. No longer shall we quiver in anguish as we helplessly watch those we love suffer and die in agony from an endless list of human disease and dysfunction. No longer shall our globe be divided in constant turmoil and conflict while the hammer of fate hangs precariously balanced over all we know and love.
We shall at last take control of our future, our fate, and ourselves.
No other endeavor ever attempted by humankind will require more genius, dedication, compassion, and sacrifice.
And no other endeavor ever attempted by humankind will be more vital to the continued existence of our species.
I understand that for many this may initially seem like pure science fiction. This is to be expected since the scales of the threats we face reside within the scope of what we have always considered to be science fiction. However, in reality, all of these goals are well within our technological reach. They are the quickest, and I believe only, way for our species to battle both the physical and societal threats that will continue to confront us."
SearingTruth, A Future of the Brave, 2005