Dan,
Isn’t this a bit escapist? For one thing, we have a system where everyone is trying to extract as much for themselves, than really contribute to the overall good. Ie, capitalism is more about wealth extraction, than the presumed value circulation of free markets.
So imagining we might all drop everything and start terriforming other worlds, because we’ve messed up the habitable zone of this one, is a bit of a stretch.
As I see it, a large part of the problem is that we focus on effects, such as climate change, rather than causes, such as using public debt to back private wealth and then spending this excess notational value in ways that really don’t contribute anything and are often destructive, such as enormous militaries, much of which appear to be outdated, before even being built. Usually because those with the greatest power to steer the public conversation and affect change are those most benefiting from the current situation. Or simply that having been born into this context and evolved to take advantage of it, see no real alternative.
I could go on and here is an essay I recently posted, but doesn’t seem to make it very far through the chaos of medium;
As it is, we are currently tearing down the governmental structure of this country to remove a president that is a little too close to the cultural zeitgeist of media and money, for the comfort of many. What if the Democrats ever win the presidency again and then discover how much they participated in this destruction? It’s far easier to destroy, than it is to build and the flames of emotion are engulfing current civilizational structures.
