There are many threats to humanity right now and climate change I do think is one of them. Problem is with as many emerging economies around the world we need to find the right mix of setting the tone but also allowing our companies to compete. Which is hard to do in this era of extremes. As a moderate I am continually sickened by the stupidity of it.
Identifying those other threats and understanding what constitutes them and what steps we would need to take to avoid them is every bit as important. Well, if you are someone who can see past the content we call news morning shows.
Truth is free societies like ours are controlled through news. That's a playbook that dates back to town criers. So I like to at least try to look deeper than whatever is being pushed down western throats at that specific moment in time.
Admittedly, as someone who has followed your posts for a few years, I smile everytime I see you refer to yourself as a political moderate. Obviously, you are free to label yourself in any manner you choose, although from my own readings, I might be inclined to see you as definitely right of center.
When it comes to what network/cable televised 'news' is pushing, unlike years ago, it's now basically become agenda based & corporate driven, and their viewers tend to follow the commentary of what they want to hear/believe rather than formulate a coherent thought based on the honest investigation of a subject. Following several unrelated sources for news might be recommended. Lets face it though, most folks have their own biases and are too lazy to pursue anything outside of their comfort zone.
I realize that in some circles it's almost blasphemous to suggest that we are anything less than a free society, but we are only 'controlled' by the 'news' if we personally allow ourselves to be sucked into the trap, people being brainwashed are nothing less than weak-minded imo. As we watch the Russia/Ukraine War play out, we've also been introduced to the corruption carried out by Putin's acolytes, also known as oligarchs, yet we fail to raise any concern about those same corporate titans which corrupt our very own society.
The real agenda for what is being pushed down our throats is hidden by pure greed, it's profit based and little regulated capitalism which is running amok, ... its plutocrats who hire the lobbyists, who then pour money into the campaigns of easily manipulated political candidates, and the lobbyists write the laws that these government officials then rubber-stamp.
Free society ? Ask a minority voter in a poor neighborhood why getting to a polling location is made so difficult, then ask why their name got scrubbed from the voting rolls even though they'd participated many times previously ? We may not be as corrupt as Russia or our southern neighbor yet, but we are approaching it.
jmo.
