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China is Systematically Dismantling Tibetan Monastic Traditions

  • People have a right to be stupid, though.

    A lot of culture, is irrational and or superstitious. Tibetan culture has a lot of that, Chinese culture as well and American culture is also no exception.

    You may find that disagreeable and not worth preserving, and I'm even inclined to agree with that on many occasions. But who is to decide which parts of ones own culture can be done away with, if not the people practicing that culture?

    Can I decide which parts of your culture don't agree with MY values and take that away from you?

    • How the ‘evil twin’ of the climate crisis is threatening our oceans; In seas around the world pH levels are falling – and scientists are increasingly frustrated that the problem is not taken seriously

  • I disagree with that prediction.

    The planet will be fine with it. Life will adapt to it. Even humans will survive it, as a species.

    But our modern inustrialized civilizations will collapse.

    The paradoxical thing is, that those greedy, wealthy elites who are mostly responsible don't care, because they think they're the ones to survive, when in reality, their wealth and power relies the most on the status quo of the rules of society.

    • How the ‘evil twin’ of the climate crisis is threatening our oceans; In seas around the world pH levels are falling – and scientists are increasingly frustrated that the problem is not taken seriously

  • It's not 'just' about plants and algae dying, it's about the tipping point for the climate. Oceans are a huge carbon sink, considering all the carbonates that Coral Reefs, Clam Shells and stuff like that are made of. The more acidic it becomes, the more those carbonates will react to become carbon dioxide, that will end up in the atmosphere, thus still enhancing the greenhouse effect.

    Bit of a vicious cycle there.

    • Uyghur Workers Are Moved to Factories Across China to Supply Global Brands

  • I am happy to criticise the US system at any point, but the notion that it's a democracy only on paper is a misrepresentation of reality.

    They managed to vote Trump out of office, and back in. Something that wouldn't have been possible if it were not a democracy.

    Now the system of course has loads of difficulties and is suffering from extreme economic inequality, that leads to an immense influence of rich people over the undereducated masses, but they still have to spend their money for massive propaganda campaigns to win votes for their side, so the fundamental processes are still democratic.

    We're gonna see if that remains the case by the end of Trump's second term, though.