Former California State University professor Saul Landau, who on his blog introduces himself as "an internationally-known scholar, author, commentator, and filmmaker" , does not seem to have many good things to say about his own country:
Climate change seems to have exacerbated the stupidity of US daily life, or maybe we’ve long suffered from the consequences of the capitalist mode of production, plus the negative spin offs from the massive US war machine. Both systems feed off nature, which cannot sustain their demands on it. For example, both systems emit huge amounts of carbon dioxide, the most significant greenhouse gas that gets burned in production and war, and gets pumped into the atmosphere by fossil fuel burning and other human activities. Trapped gases lead to climate change. --
This new threshold represents capitalism’s supreme capacity to shit in the plate it eats from (Nature). But it also seems to have formed of a kind of global shell around human consciousness, as if those in leadership daydream when faced with the issue of runaway greenhouse gas emissions. “Why should I think about it? Let the next generations deal with it,” they conclude. Our modern Cassandra, Al Gore wrote that “we are reaping the consequences of our recklessness.” --
Scientists affirmed that climate change threatens future life. Some prophesize doom if we do not reform, but Apollo’s curse remains. “Beware of technology burning energy” might replace the warning of “Greeks bearing gifts.” Inside the new Trojan horse of development lies the mechanism that will doom our heirs, unless we make drastic reforms now – especially here and in China where the most greenhouse gasses get produced.
Citizens need to make their own history by acting and forcing leaders to deal with climate change before it gets too late
It may be good to know that this Landau has always been an ardent admirer of Fidel Castro and the socialist Cuba he created:
Fidel did promise elections. But he quickly found out that the Cuban people did not want them - for very good historical reasons ....
You must remember the desire, the terrible desire for unanimity on all decisions. They don't want things to be just a majority rule, they want it to be all the way ....
... To the Cuban worker free speech meant very little. The revolution to them is absolute good ....
Anybody who opposes the revolution is absolute evil. It's quite as simple as that ....
One wonders why Landau has chosen to remain in the US, when his paradise is so close .....
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