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In reply to the discussion: Which one is Orwellian? [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)We are now competing with other humans directly for limited resources, maybe because they know we have to find our way in a different ecosystem. But droughts and ice ages and other events have conspired to make people move and have conflicts forever. The natives of north America migrated due to annual weather to survive.
They didn't hold onto any one place, as technologically advanced and crowded peoples of the eastern hemisphere did, except in a few locations - mainly in the empires surrounding the Gulf of Mexico and Carribean.
This is not a new thing, even in human history, not all written history, but still. And those who have knowledge of the climate and trends, those who are the highly educated and more stable in economic position, compile the data. There is nothing wrong with them doing so and seeking ways to survive. Those caught up in the petty passions of the day will complain and suffer when things get tight. But I suggest it will be more gradual and not as cataclysmic as the entertainment industry tells us to waste our time and keep us diverted.
Nothing to prove what I say, just a few thoughts on how this is working out. There is still no reason to give up on what we can do to mitigate the effects of large social changes individually and at our highest level. JMHO.