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We can’t social distance and live in fear forever as every new virus comes along - as they will do increasingly, precisely because of our current way of being.
We need to focus on improving our general health and resilience, by enabling and encouraging all people to eat healthily, to exercise, to live fulfilled and stress-free lives. And by ending the neo-colonisation and exploitation of the ‘developing’ world, so that people there can be allowed to create their own systems that work in harmony with their local environment.
A healthy diet from organic, regenerative farms, and an end to exploitation, will not only make us strong, balanced and resilient, but will also be great for Mother Nature, so there will be fewer new viruses for our bodies to cope with.
The same can be said about our wars: we can’t fight terrorism forever; terrorism that came about and has been exacerbated precisely because of our actions. We need to stop the war and plunder that fuels the terrorism; we need to cut the debts and provide (genuine, non-conditional) aid, not bombs and sanctions; we need to allow nations to figure out their own destiny rather than be constantly exploited, impoverished and provoked into violence. We need to allow them to heal. We need to deal with problems at their root. There are similarities between the 'war on terror', and this war on Covid.
We’re in a vicious cycle of self-destruction, driven hugely by an economic system that requires perpetual growth and profit. Unless we swiftly get out of this cycle and start focusing more on the terrain and less on short-term thinking and fighting enemies, be they viruses or terrorists, I don’t see much hope for our species and millions of others.
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