ditch the profitable fiction that war is simply a matter of
our own unchangeable genetics
quit going forth and multiplying dumbly and decrease our
numbers to a sustainable level
put aside our mindless, noisy, smoking toys and simply
ponder the wind in the trees for a moment
forsake shortsighted smash and grab profit for a 1000 year
economy and a thoughtful culture
dump the devastating myth that only we were born with a soul
in the image of our fantasy gods
remeasure our success by what remains for our those who
perchance might follow us
respin our myths and make it our responsibility to pass on
an intact web of life
realize that there are neither jobs nor money without an
ecosystem to support them
abolish the sinful suffering we criminally inflict upon our
domesticated brothers…
understand well their sacrifices and at least consume them
with some recognition
integrate our brilliant but incomplete economic system into
the natural world that supports it
abandon outdated notions that clean air and water are merely
so-called free goods
quit ignoring our toxic byproducts, dead bycatch and
long-lasting side effects
stop believing that a giant shoddily-built house is the
ultimate in status and luxury
stay under the radar instead of trying to buy people’s
attention on 28% interest credit cards
pay a deposit on that packaging and make manufacturers take
back wornout goods
for god’s sake, save fossil fuels and subsidize solar, wind
and thorium reactors
get our dumbass noses out of the middle east by getting off
of their petroleum
stop wasting more than all the other nations combined on our
so-called dEfense
don’t bother building 500 horsepower hydrogen vehicles that
fall apart in 3 years
let’s not make things clean and efficient merely to support
another 3 billion in poverty
forget about interstellar travel until we right this little
space capsule called earth
tax the fossil fuel emission costs they have so successfully
and so improperly externalized
stop rewarding uncontrollable greed, blind ambition and absolute
egocentrism
end huge bonuses for exporting jobs and pollution to
slave-based economies
just quit letting it all come down to money in the end - every
single goddamn time
reverse bad decisions even if they were made in private
talks with one’s personal savior
just set the example for a greener world instead of whining
about what others should do
tax the fat and the lazy just like the smokers, the drinkers
and the gamblers
understand: you ain’t bustin out of this pigsty and flyin
off to some half-baked heaven
realize that they’ll never compete to provide healthcare for
the poor or the sick
just accept that there really aint a market-based solution
to every single problem
treat keeping quiet as a virtue instead of generating noise
with everything we do
tax all of the franchised religions at corporate rates to
fund forgotten social programs
kick back at the credit moneychangers and stone the payday
usurers into a docile submission
stop
believing in fairytale eternal compound growth and embrace a sustainable steady
state future
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