June 27, 2024 – A

You know what the problem is?
We could call it the human problem. 
We are the problem.

We know what we want,
but we do not want know what we ought to want.

And even if we did,
we would not do what we ought to want.

Which is to say,
we would not do what we ought to do.

We would not care about
what we ought to care about.

And that is exactly why things are the way they are.

And that is only true of the conquistadors. 
Before colonization, the natives have things under control,
and things are operating exactly as they should,
with people doing what should be done.

But, you know how it is:
If a profit can be made,
a profit will be made,
and the world goes straight to hell--
"as straight as a martin to its gourd." 

We have lived to witness that truth
with our own eyes.

No?