There is some form of mindless butchery

[agent46]

There is some form of mindless butchery taking place on nearly every square kilometer of inhabited space on this planet right now - many worse in nature and scale than this tragic gassing of civilians in Syria.

I'm not particularly more impressed by the genocides taking place in regions where America Inc. has geo-political business interests to exploit. Sorry.

[el_bryanto]

1. nearly every square kilometer? That's pretty bad

why are things so terrible everywhere?

Bryant

[agent46]

3. It's a paradigm thing

Think about it.

Expand your awareness of the world. Find out about the horrific struggles for life and sovereignty that happen all over the planet every day. May I suggest seeking out the ones you've never heard of or considered before.

Yep. It's a very big fucking world. Bigger than the one you live in - no matter who you think you are or where you've been.

Just because you haven't developed the perspective doesn't mean it isn't happening out there.

Good luck.

[el_bryanto]

6. i do know that a lot of bad things are happening everywhere

I'm just not sure that nearly every square kilometer has similar acts of war where people are set on fire until t hey die.

Bryant

[agent46]

12. Roll with me, bro

I'm with you. One of the good guys. Side of the angels and all that.

[frazzled]

4. Hey, if you can't be hyperbolic ...

what's the point in posting? The smart internetty thing to do, if you want some attention, is to kick it up about 200 notches. Baaam!!

[agent46]

9. Bingo!

[delrem]

2. Now *that's* pessimism!

I don't particularly like it, but it's a view.

[agent46]

5. Pespective is everything

[delrem]

10. I was way into the beat poets back in the '60s after I read Desolation Angels.

[agent46]

15. Have you lost your way my brother?

[delrem]

21. nope!

[JaneyVee]

7. Actually, despite such current atrocities, we are living through one of the most peaceful

Time periods in global history.

[agent46]

11. I want what you're having!

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[devils chaplain]

13. JaneyVee is right, actually...

Check out The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker. That being said, the world is still a brutal place.

[agent46]

16. All I can afford

All I can afford is the Amazon reviews. I like it. Optimistic perspectives need to fight harder.

Sign me up. Let's kick ass for the future.

[delrem]

14. Tell that to the residents of Falluja.

In particular to the new mothers of stillborn and deformed infants, victims of depleted uranium amongst other monstrous munitions.
Some people think there're no after-effects to such "punishment" (except maybe such kind as might allow for a "carrot" if the citizens acquiesce). The residents of Falluja, and way back to Vietnam, *still* suffer the consequences of those *illegal* wars of aggression with each new generation. I've no respect for people who haven't figured out that wanton bombing is evil.

[agent46]

18. yes.

Fallujah has come to mind many times for me since the white house started this self-righteous militant bullshit about the Syrian massacre.

[delrem]

19. And it's been mentioned a few times on DU.

I doubt it comes to the mind of... those like who I was responding to above... except through a distorting lens.
I think this is where the "look forward and not to the past" (and now, exonerate perps of the past) comes home to roost. The US is missing a golden opportunity that IT WAS READY FOR (sorry for yelling) and EXPECTING, and that's the horrible shame of it.

... 2016. a progressive president in 2016. .... possible, but only with much determined work.

[devils chaplain]

8. I wonder...

How much this Syria adventure will cost, and how much good could be done instead by diverting that money to most efficiently help the neediest folks in the world? It's just a hunch, but my guess is that a lot more would be done to alleviate human suffering through food and medicines for sub-Saharan Africans and southeast Asians. But then, they don't sit on oceans of oil, so who really cares... and cheering cruise missle explosions is so much more viscerally gratifying anyway. Fire em up, Dr. Strangelove.

[libdem4life]

17. The truth is often inconvenient. Maybe a bit overstated, as to every kilometer and such, but

there is definitely a salient point to be made.

[agent46]

23. Thank You For Understanding

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[libdem4life]

24. It was a good post. Had those thoughts and the concept in mind, but you expressed them really well.

[MFM008]

20. yes but

Few are using weapons of mass destruction, which Serin gas is.

[agent46]

22. Capitalism itself

Capitalism itself has become a weapon of mass destruction.