“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.” Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano

“We allowed ourselves to accept the politics of inevitability, the sense that history could move in only one direction: toward liberal democracy... We imbibed the myth of an “end of history”. In doing so, we lowered our defenses, constrained our imagination, and opened the way for precisely the kinds of regimes we told ourselves could never return.” Timothy Snyder

The Band, Joni Mitchell & Neil Young Helpless https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=J2z7LXpAX3Q

“Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks and balances, the dissolution of opposition parties, the suspension of freedom of expression, the right to a fair trial, and so on, is the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. Do not fall for it.” Timothy Snyder

“Climate change is the single biggest thing that humans have ever done on this planet. The one thing that needs to be bigger is our movement to stop it.” Bill McKibben

You Were Meant For Me Jewel https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=4WW4qcmrJ3E

"We won't have a society if we destroy the environment." Margaret Mead

"For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen." Margaret Mead

1948: "You can no longer save your family, tribe or nation. You can only save the whole world." Margaret Mead