Avoidance of Responsibility
March 1, 2010 by Eugene
Filed under Education and Environmentalism, People and Lifestyle
Environmental problems are a manifestation and a consequence of avoidance of responsibility. It’s a result of us not being responsible to our future generations and the rest of nature (which we are a part of).
We take too much resources from nature; we consume too much; we don’t care about how our actions affect biodiversity; we enjoy short-term gains and ignore long-term losses. All because we don’t think we are responsible. To our children. To nature.
Our green future is not a dream but a responsibility to nature and our children. Be responsible. Now.
I’m sorry, each and every one of us can say, we have no choice but to destroy the planet. It’s really not our fault.
Bullshit.
We may as well acknowledge that our entire culture—from top to bottom, inside out, personally and socially—is founded on, motivated by, and requires a systematic and absolute avoidance of responsibility. This is true both for our actions and our failures to act. What, ultimately, is environmental degradation? Any and all environmental degradation is a manifestation and a consequence of avoidance of responsibility. What is pollution? It is a manifestation and a consequence of avoidance of responsibility. What is overfishing? Deforestation? They are manifestations and consequences of avoidance of responsibility.
And what is our failure to stop each of these things? It’s just as much an avoidance of responsibility.
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