How can people can pursue unsustainable consumerism in the face of our own extinction? This and more questions and observations from this week’s letters.
How can people value consumerism more than life?
It’s ironic that standing up for nature is somehow a radical idea. It’s beyond pathetic that people place consumerism above the continuation of the Earth’s ability to sustain human life, and astounding that people vote for people that don’t actually care about them. And it’s increasingly likely that the current era will become a part of the future fossil record and just a tiny blip in the overall history of planet Earth.
So many stupid and greedy people out there. No foresight. Nothing is sacred, only possessions and profit. At this rate, we will not survive; not unless we radically ch