Massive, ongoing protests in the streets of Germany, Poland, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, and other European countries descended upon the EU Parliament building in Brussels on Thursday
Beautifully illustrated. Food does not have a carbon footprint - so why do such ideas gain traction and move nations? Precisely because it is understood, as Mao understood, that if you can get people to believe that growing your own vegetables will destroy your planet, after that you can get them to believe anything. The list of strange and extreme ideas we have been asked to believe has grown long, as has the count of strange and distorted actions we are to perform.
People everywhere have moved past waking up, and are on their feet. The human spirit, by its intrinsic nature a well of understanding and love, is in revolt within itself against what is alien to it: deception and hatred. May we all draw courage from this, the spirit of humankind.
Beautifully illustrated. Food does not have a carbon footprint - so why do such ideas gain traction and move nations? Precisely because it is understood, as Mao understood, that if you can get people to believe that growing your own vegetables will destroy your planet, after that you can get them to believe anything. The list of strange and extreme ideas we have been asked to believe has grown long, as has the count of strange and distorted actions we are to perform.
People everywhere have moved past waking up, and are on their feet. The human spirit, by its intrinsic nature a well of understanding and love, is in revolt within itself against what is alien to it: deception and hatred. May we all draw courage from this, the spirit of humankind.