[lit-ideas] Re: Call-for-Papers: Human Rights, Individualism & Globalization
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:10:38 -0500
>>HUMAN RIGHTS, INDIVIDUALISM & GLOBALIZATION
How about...
We're Lucky to Still Be Alive: The Implications of Globalism in the
Context of 2.75 Billion New Capitalists Who Want to Squander as Many
Resources as You Have Squandered Since Led Zepplin Stopped Recording
Abstract: Face it, life as we knew it is over forever. You had a good
life, sure, and it was fun to be a hippie wasn't it? Now, however,
billions of other people want to have that very same life. Problem is,
things are bad enough already. We've almost (if not yet) destroyed the
future of our culture; if these 2.75 billion new guys get in on the act,
not only our culture is history, but so also is our species. The moral
argument is essentially that these guys are human too, and thus have the
same rights, so if the species is committing mass suicide, these other
ethnic and cultural groups should also have a chance to pull the
trigger. Might as well let 'em have nukes as long as we're at it. That
way, Western Civilization won't be to blame. Everyone will have a hand
in destroying the ecosphere and thousands of years of technical
progress. Just as in pre-industrial times, we will all have equality in
death.
Wondering about the extent of Bill Gates' N.B.C. bunker,
Eric
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