Why on Earth are we still treating global geopolitics as if we were playing the old board game Risk? It’s time to stop this risky game and respond with integrity to the adaptive challenges we face.
This is an excellent essay that thoughtfully puts geopolitics into the broader ecological perspective. A key obstacle to choosing a present and future that's different from the default is the reductive, transactional way that we have come to think as a civilization over the last few thousand years.
When I spent a week at a Club Med many years ago, I was impressed by its slogan: "Too much is not enough." That stands in ironic contrast with Nielsen's "Enough is enough" and frames the dilemma in a clear way.
Thanks, Art! "Enough is enough" has become my morning mantra, especially after reading the news. It is sad that the Club Med logo has come to define politics for people who have too much power. I'm reading a lot about power and empowerment these days, and thinking about how we shift the current dynamics. Best, Karen
Alas, the funneling of ever more power and money to the oligarchs and corporations in the US lets them structure our world, locking our national policies into their “never enough” mentality, where the only measures that matter are status and material gain. Greed is both original sin and guiding principle.
They are turning our country into a hungry ghost nation, insatiable and blind to everything but the will to power. How could the climate we need to survive be seen as mere collateral damage? This worldview is so bizarre and perverse, I think many of us were almost in shock, disbelieving. But more people wake up with every daily outrage, and more and more of us are getting out into the streets. I just hope we’re not too late.
I am with you! The endless greed is so bizarre and perverse, and it feels like a cultural shadow that's now become a monster. I sense that more and more people are recognizing that this monster is a just a shadow and that it's time for us to shine light on it and move on. Best, Karen
Karen,
This is an excellent essay that thoughtfully puts geopolitics into the broader ecological perspective. A key obstacle to choosing a present and future that's different from the default is the reductive, transactional way that we have come to think as a civilization over the last few thousand years.
When I spent a week at a Club Med many years ago, I was impressed by its slogan: "Too much is not enough." That stands in ironic contrast with Nielsen's "Enough is enough" and frames the dilemma in a clear way.
All the best,
Art
Thanks, Art! "Enough is enough" has become my morning mantra, especially after reading the news. It is sad that the Club Med logo has come to define politics for people who have too much power. I'm reading a lot about power and empowerment these days, and thinking about how we shift the current dynamics. Best, Karen
Alas, the funneling of ever more power and money to the oligarchs and corporations in the US lets them structure our world, locking our national policies into their “never enough” mentality, where the only measures that matter are status and material gain. Greed is both original sin and guiding principle.
They are turning our country into a hungry ghost nation, insatiable and blind to everything but the will to power. How could the climate we need to survive be seen as mere collateral damage? This worldview is so bizarre and perverse, I think many of us were almost in shock, disbelieving. But more people wake up with every daily outrage, and more and more of us are getting out into the streets. I just hope we’re not too late.
I am with you! The endless greed is so bizarre and perverse, and it feels like a cultural shadow that's now become a monster. I sense that more and more people are recognizing that this monster is a just a shadow and that it's time for us to shine light on it and move on. Best, Karen