If you believe in karmic retribution then you might find yourself tossing around the idea that people of European descent are in it deep right now.
Two reasons:
1. Manifest destiny - we just had to keep acquiring land. As a result we now have a nation so large in its expanse that the only way to keep it running is to be eternally devoted to fossil fuels. Us left-coast folk have it a lot worse. Where the East can enjoy an hour drive between most of its large cities, we, on the other hand, have quite a time getting to people. Must be all that farm land whose product has to be shipped those vast expanses. Hope you aren't too fond of eating, America.
2. Our "fair" skin - it hit me this weekend while driving the massive expanse I spoke of a few lines ago. I got a horrible trucker tan/burn just from sitting in the car. While staring at the soreness on my arms (happened on each side depending on me driving or passenging) it occurred to me that we might finally get our come-uppance for all of the nasty things we've done to people who aren't white. Our horrifying pursuit of wealth sold black people into slavery and undermines the economies and environments of just about everyone else. We're waging a series of wars against Middle Eastern countries over the control of the same oil that we're using to destroy the Earth's climate. When melanoma becomes a pandemic we'll have no one to blame but ourselves.
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2 comments:
Great observation! What poetic justice for the colonial powers.
yeah, too bad they're 200 years too late to get their due. oh well, at least they're still dead.
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