Johhny Electriglide, Yes, but you can't speak to us like that with any degree of success; we view life differently, as in we the great huddled masses will never accept that our ideals are inferior to yours. We will be combative and we'll probably triumph because our numbers are practically astronomical and more of us are younger and stronger and much, much meaner. Why, we would win by force of habit alone, never mind experience. Actually, we graduates of the fourth grade believe we're superior to you yuppies and eggheads and pencil necks, no offense.
You simply do not have the ear of the stupid, the immoral and the greedy, but really our ear may be all that you need. We don't call it immoral, we call it doing our duty by having large families to cherish, increasing the strength of our tribe. We don't call it greedy, we call it earning our living honorably, building for our far futures, shunning indolence and public welfare. (Of course the feeble minded and the emotionally unstable and the socially malignant are outside the equation --they're rampant, and need identification and control, like yesterday.)
Much of the problem lies in our youth --with age comes wisdom. If you tell us what we can do in human, friendly, collective terms that we can understand and respect, a great many more of us will follow you --I know I would have in a nanosecond! Those who will not listen would face the disapproval of their peers. The concept of Global Warming is controversial, or at least over our heads, but we do know that we can't survive the earth being covered in concrete, or the unrestrained destruction of forests and rivers, or the obsolete statement: "The solution to pollution is dilution". And much of science has been hijacked by greed --maybe the result of a lowered bar of expectation to accommodate higher education of the general public or maybe some of the highly intelligent are greedy too.
We know the awesome power of peer pressure. And brainwashing rocks, I guess. We seem to hang on every word from our leadership, but they are a huge aspect of the problem. (The Chinese laugh at our choices of leaders.)
Look how far we have come! But we are already starting to fall back. Nature permitting, and with good luck and human cooperation we may yet ascend to the heights, and more quickly than we think. Thank you for your very interesting reply. You've given me things to think about.
**To be, or not to be, that is the question. --Shakespeare**
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