07-06-2006, 05:50 PM
Quote:The facade of "one world" easily vanishes as soon as someone wants more than the color television you postulate above.
No. The *reality* of one world disappears as soon as competition and greed enter the picture. People adopt the totally insane notion that the biosphere, somehow, cares about our borders, our sense of right and wrong, our desire to live the good life.
We only have one of these planets. If we destroy its ability to maintain us, colour televisions will seem scant consolation, as will petty arguments about whose economies it would have wrecked.
-Jester