I disagree that we're heading off the original topic, as the original poster of this should begin to realize that there are infinite possibilities, beyond the mundane existence that they portrayed.
Although the First Nations representative is cognizant of environmental destruction / degradation, it is a popular misconception that the First Nations people were environmentally minded. They, in fact did leave a footprint. They were responsible (in part) for the mega faunal extinction in the Americas. Also, several times in Central America and Mexico, they over-exploited their natural resources, and consequently several civilisations collapsed. They regularly burned plains and prairie grasslands extensively, altering these environments. They had also cleared 100's of miles of tropical rainforest on either side of the Amazon, and in other places. Indeed, they did also exploit the bitumen in the Athabaska Tar Sands (to seal their canoes and for other uses), although to a far lesser extent. What many people do not realize, is that Western diseases were introduced to the First Nations people with the first explorers, for which they had little immune resistance. Several catastrophic disease epidemics (primarily smallpox) swept through their populations, vastly reducing their numbers. In the hundreds of years between the first explorations and colonization, nature had a chance to recover from much of their environmental destruction.
It is no longer a question if and when we should limit our reproduction, we must all do this now, if we wish to survive in civilised society. This should be an individual choice. Should people ignore this, eventually it will be mandated, as in China. Historically, it was primarily disease that kept our population in check. We have learned to defeat almost all of these. Quite simply, we can not continue to reproduce uncontrollably, as if these are still present. Think again, if you think so-called Western Democratic regimes are actually democratic. Almost all are Neo-Autocratic.
There is not enough time for life to re-evolve, before the Sun boils away our atmosphere and oceans. We must preserve what we have left.
Is it normal to feel empty?
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I disagree that we're heading off the original topic, as the original poster of this should begin to realize that there are infinite possibilities, beyond the mundane existence that they portrayed.
Although the First Nations representative is cognizant of environmental destruction / degradation, it is a popular misconception that the First Nations people were environmentally minded. They, in fact did leave a footprint. They were responsible (in part) for the mega faunal extinction in the Americas. Also, several times in Central America and Mexico, they over-exploited their natural resources, and consequently several civilisations collapsed. They regularly burned plains and prairie grasslands extensively, altering these environments. They had also cleared 100's of miles of tropical rainforest on either side of the Amazon, and in other places. Indeed, they did also exploit the bitumen in the Athabaska Tar Sands (to seal their canoes and for other uses), although to a far lesser extent. What many people do not realize, is that Western diseases were introduced to the First Nations people with the first explorers, for which they had little immune resistance. Several catastrophic disease epidemics (primarily smallpox) swept through their populations, vastly reducing their numbers. In the hundreds of years between the first explorations and colonization, nature had a chance to recover from much of their environmental destruction.
It is no longer a question if and when we should limit our reproduction, we must all do this now, if we wish to survive in civilised society. This should be an individual choice. Should people ignore this, eventually it will be mandated, as in China. Historically, it was primarily disease that kept our population in check. We have learned to defeat almost all of these. Quite simply, we can not continue to reproduce uncontrollably, as if these are still present. Think again, if you think so-called Western Democratic regimes are actually democratic. Almost all are Neo-Autocratic.
There is not enough time for life to re-evolve, before the Sun boils away our atmosphere and oceans. We must preserve what we have left.