WAR MACHINE, prelude- The appeal of Western Civilization

[starchamber007]

“...our analysis of Protestant and Calvinist doctrines has shown that those ideas were powerful forces within the adherents of the new religion, because they appealed to the needs and anxieties that were present in the character structure of those to whom they were addressed.  In other words, ideas can become powerful forces, but only to the extent

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[idiolekt]

"environmentalism which sees nature as something cute and helpless which must be protected are all pure sentimental crap which prevent us from using our reason."

That reminds me of something Grant Morrison said several years back. He mentioned how life grew out of the Earth when its atmosphere was filled largely with ammonia and other noxious chemicals that would kill a lot of life that lives on the planet today. His point was that the Earth doesn't have to worry about pollution, because "some trilobites will grow out of anything" we pour into the environment. It's humans who have to worry about a planet poisonous to them. Nature will survive even if humans don't.