Revolution Watch----Overshoot

It is difficult to always be watching the Sustainable Revolution, sometimes because we don't seem to be doing much to move us down the line, and other times the revolution is not moving in a good direction. By the later, I mean, rather than making a progressive efforts to seek out sustainable possibilities, we let nature take its course. Sadly, Mother Nature (some say God) can be a bitch.

Here are three things that one can't help but notice of the later type. The Muslim world is all in a dither over some dumb ass film made by some dumb ass in California. Stepping back from this and looking at it from the comfort of a Midwestern village, it sure as hell makes no sense. I mean, really. Most people who are rioting, and killing each other have not even seen it, much less understand that it was made by idiots in America where we have freedom of the press, and we do say all sorts of stupid things.

 It seems to be well known that in many of the countries now scorching their cities, there are large number of youthful unemployed, many who can't get married for lack of cash. There are just too many people and too few jobs. A sad state. Given a chance to rumble, they rumble and blame the USA. Is it really the movie?

Then I watched a film about the drug war of Mexico (Vice News) and here are piles of mutilated bodies (close to 50,000 in five years) dumped by drug gangs. I mean, how can so many people be involved in drug smuggling? Why do they not get regular jobs. They are young and strong, capable, but still they carry guns and get killed for what? Money? Are there no regular jobs in Mexico? There sure as hell are a lot of young people.

To top it off National Geographic arrives and on the front cover of the respected publication is a picture of some dude chopping the tusks off the majestic elephant that has been poached. Why? Oh, for money. It says 25,000 killed. The killers are all young---and hungry and apparently without work. The killing is a sign of desperation, an only source of funds to buy food--and probably cell phones.

I believe it is called overshoot, to many people, too few resources. Desperation, stress of no jobs, raising food prices. Just what happens when the resources deplete, these are the resources that have been keeping them all alive and they are finite? Some call it attrition. Call it what you will. 

 Just found: Sir David Attenborough stated in the most recent Economist, "The increasing size of the human population is having a devastating affect on the natural world." Hey man, that was in the Economist!