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  The problem is real...

  No point in evading the fact that the corporate economy will tolerate no serious threats to their business activities.  Posturing by petty politicians aside, can any one spell assinnation.  As ass in nation.  The environmental movement has been manicured and domesticated.  Troublesome individuals have been dealt with summarily when it suits the interests of wealth.  

  People tend to think that violent attacks are rare and only arise in extreme situations with very prominent people.  It is illogical to assume that this is true.  This exploitive system is highly efficient at warding off or neutralizing threats.  The most effective approach to managing a herd is to cull troublesome critters early before they achieve full growth.  Has anyone ever stopped to wonder why the leadership of the environmental movement is so pale and lackluster, why no charismatic leaders have surfaced since Judy Bary, why so much effort is expended with so few results and a net loss on every issue of concern, why the movement consumes more and more resources with fewer and fewer results?  This is not by accident nor is it any different than the experience of any other movement in recorded history that challenged the interests of concentrated wealth.  Witness the sad, pathetic condition of "organized" labor, for instance.  

  Daniel Quinn addresses these problems in his book Beyond Civilization.  I know of no other thoughtful discussion of the central problem of adopting a reformist approach.  When people so consistently loose perhaps they are fighting the wrong battle.  Failure is not a moral issue, just a hint that the thinking may be flawed.

  herbOn 'Eco-terrorism' is the feds' new all-purpose excuse to increase domestic surveillance. posted 4 years, 5 months ago 5 Responses