“Rational man” now spoke of how he would “master” nature, “subdue” the elements, and—in the great twentieth-century advance—“conquer” space. He spoke of how he had to fight wars to bring about peace, freedom, and equality, of how he had to murder children, women, and men in terrorist activities to bring dignity and liberation to oppressed peoples. As a member of the elites in both the capitalist and communist worlds, he continued to amass property and/or privilege. To make more profits or to meet higher quotas, he also began to systematically poison his physical environment, thereby
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And we still talk about defeating climate change...
