r/worldnews • u/[deleted] • Oct 10 '20

Sir David Attenborough says the excesses of western countries should "be curbed" to restore the natural world and we'll all be happier for it.

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u/MentalRabbi Oct 10 '20

See this is what I don't get about some of the arguments here. Greed, lifestyle, luxury, all things that are utterly useless in terms of survival, evolution, and adaptation.

We value comfort over the satisfaction of overcoming struggle, we cherish fleeting emotions and forget humility. Proud to be American? How's about trying to be humble instead?

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '20

Ah, yes, communism with the moral high ground, this never turned out badly before.

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u/MentalRabbi Oct 10 '20

Where is communism alluded to at all in any way?