Is Civilization Evil?

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You’re hilarious. If it’s so great, stop being a hypocrite and typing on a computer inherently connected to civilization.
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So, you don’t use any publicly subsidized services? I assume you are against coercion.

Two words. Property Tax. It is extremely difficult not to be a wage slave and not be a criminal.

No argument here.

Mmm… not so sure about that one.

No?

But it is possible to survive without destroying our landbase’s carrying capacity, which would include wiping out keystone ecological species.

Not even close to a reasonable analogy.

Not from what I can tell. Check it.

For you, maybe. I’d rather have clean air, water, food, and shelter, and not be a wage slave.

In fact, many European settlers deserted colonies to join the natives.

It’s called a “raft”. Not sure if you’ve heard of them? Make your dream a reality! That’s basically what you are saying to F4M right now.

No. We have just been able to outpace the collapse. We are running out of places to run, though.

Green Revolution

Sumer

Groundwater Declines

Fossil fuels are just stored solar energy. It seems quite the vote of confidence to assume that we will be able to extract enough energy every day from the Sun to sustain our current energy consumption.

1/400,000th of the Earth’s history is an adequate sample size for you? Maybe 1/20th of humanity’s existence?