Society at Risk?

I stared directly at the sun through the fog, a huge yellow orb behind a shade of mist. The sun and its power and light were easily diffused by a simple mist.


I was struck that the power of truth can also be diffused by a mist of facts not fully revealed, or a myth posturing as fact. I wonder if we can even tell what the truth is when we can stare straight at it and yet it is hidden or dim?

Critical thinking is the key.

The world is rich with many things useful to the society of man, some of these things can be easily renewed such as annual crops, while others take some time such as trees, and still others such as oil cannot be renewed in any time that would be beneficial to man. As we use things like oil they are gone forever and will not return. The natural world outside of the society of man does not care about the loss of oil, in fact the world outside of man does not care about the pollution from oil. Nature will change as is demanded by the environment it is presented with; man is part of nature and will change or die as the state of the earth changes.

Our society is a construct of men and though men will ultimately be ruled by nature, the society we have built is outside the realm of nature and will be ignored. It is not nature that will suffer in the long run nor will man suffer beyond the collapse of his society. It is only the society built by men that will cease. It is only our society that stands to be saved by changing our use of resources. Polar bears may cease to exist but nature will fill that void with another master predator. Man my cease to exist but nature will also find a suitable replacement.

It is only our society that nature will not rebuild; we are the only keepers of our society and the only ones who benefit from it. If we choose to abuse the earth and use up all it provides then nature will change, but it will not die. Our view of nature and our love of the current set of creatures and plants is part of our society. Nature is always willing to adjust to catastrophe and it will again. Man may survive the adjustment or maybe not?

Our society is what we cherish; it has been built on vision and hard work. Canada and its institutions are sacred to us. We can choose to adjust our society so it may continue to exist or not.

You may or may not vote for a party like the Green Party, I do not always. Whatever you do though should be backed up by knowledge and an understanding of our world as it applies to us, the humans, and then express your needs to your member of Parliament.