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You'll Hate This

  I have come to the conclusion, after considerable amount of thought and contemplation, that when asked the question 'do you care about the planet?' the answer is... it depends what you mean! Do you hate it yet? Is there anything that I can do that would make the slightest bit of difference? Not really. Is that a cop out? Probably. I mean, maybe if every one of us did something then it would make a difference. But, not everybody will. More importantly, not everybody can. It sometimes strikes me that 'caring about the planet' is a rather middle class western ideal. That's not a bad thing, but the middle class west cannot dictate to the rest of the world that they cannot experience the gains and positives they have simply because now, after a century or so of causing the greater number of evils in the world affecting the planet. For instance, being outraged by the burning of the Amazon is understandable but wanting the Brazilian government to stop the practice of usi