Worse that them are the legions who follow them. They’d be powerless without them. Deep down where most people store their dirty laundry is a place reserved for their belief that there are indeed too many people in the world. They hear numbers without context or thorough explanation and without a shred of evidence they lazily believe the…
Worse that them are the legions who follow them. They’d be powerless without them. Deep down where most people store their dirty laundry is a place reserved for their belief that there are indeed too many people in the world. They hear numbers without context or thorough explanation and without a shred of evidence they lazily believe them. They hear people are starving but do not wonder how they are proliferating then? They hear 8 billion and buy - as they’re told to - that’s too many. Never considering if you put all 8+ billion into the State of Texas the population density would rival that of New York City. It’s a big world. People nod and empower the Rich Men North of Richmond because they refuse to THINK. Population has peaked and is shrinking now, btw. No help from eugenicists necessary. It’s all hubris and ego. And, stupid, stupid followers.
Every single time I pay for my groceries, the automated 'clerk' offers me a chance to support hungry children with small change--I always refuse. I see it as grift. However, it puts, right in the face of a lot of people, the idea that 'there are hungry children out there'. Some of whose parents are on welfare and using the $$ for drugs (teacher colleague used to bring in a breakfast for one child for just that reason). Wonder where all that small-change donation actually goes. But I don't wonder enough to look into the matter.
The book “The Science of Influence” points out it’s no accident we are asked publicly at the checkout for donations. They know putting people on the spot in front of others greatly increases the chances for giving. Im glad you don’t fall for it.
Worse that them are the legions who follow them. They’d be powerless without them. Deep down where most people store their dirty laundry is a place reserved for their belief that there are indeed too many people in the world. They hear numbers without context or thorough explanation and without a shred of evidence they lazily believe them. They hear people are starving but do not wonder how they are proliferating then? They hear 8 billion and buy - as they’re told to - that’s too many. Never considering if you put all 8+ billion into the State of Texas the population density would rival that of New York City. It’s a big world. People nod and empower the Rich Men North of Richmond because they refuse to THINK. Population has peaked and is shrinking now, btw. No help from eugenicists necessary. It’s all hubris and ego. And, stupid, stupid followers.
Every single time I pay for my groceries, the automated 'clerk' offers me a chance to support hungry children with small change--I always refuse. I see it as grift. However, it puts, right in the face of a lot of people, the idea that 'there are hungry children out there'. Some of whose parents are on welfare and using the $$ for drugs (teacher colleague used to bring in a breakfast for one child for just that reason). Wonder where all that small-change donation actually goes. But I don't wonder enough to look into the matter.
The book “The Science of Influence” points out it’s no accident we are asked publicly at the checkout for donations. They know putting people on the spot in front of others greatly increases the chances for giving. Im glad you don’t fall for it.
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