🚀 go-pugleaf

Some guy wrote:

> We can't continue to treat the symptoms that ail our nation.  Placing
> band-aids on problems only covers up the real issues.  Things like
> teen-age smoking, drinking, pregnancy, etc.  These issues are real
> problems that demand attention, but the general consensus is that if
> we air enough TV commercials the problem will somehow magically
> disappear.

    You're still talking about superficial wounds, here. The real wound
is the way the human species has chosen to organize itself in the last
10,000 years. If you want to really leapfrog the 'flesh wounds', let's
take a look at our system of agriculture and civic organization as a
source of massive trauma that needs addressing. The way our culture (not
just the West or anything; human culture as a whole) has evolved since
the populating of the fertile crescent is fundamentally flawed. We
weren't destined to live in cities and to farm (and abuse) the land the
way we do; it's just one possible avenue that we chose to pursue. Anyway,
in choosing to do so, we've set ourselves up for a whole lot of troubles
that are a result of our unprecedented population boom - violence, drugs,
disease, famine... you name it.  I wish we could go back in time and make
some better decisions as to the future of our species.

Yikes.