The Betrayal of the West
Posted by The Geecologist | Filed under Truth
We are racing toward the end of the world and have no plan of escape, but it is considered impolite to acknowledge that fact in public.
We see the mistakes we have made, but we continue to make them with an apparent blind obstinacy… We know the implications of pollution, but we go on calmly polluting the air, the rivers and the oceans. We know people are going mad from living in huge conglomerations, but we, like automatons, go on building them. We know the dangers of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, but we continue to use them in increasingly massive doses…
Our speed is constantly increasing, and it does not matter where we are going.
And then:
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- Desolation Angels Because whether you murder or not, that’s the trouble, it makes no difference in the maddening void which doesn’t care...
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