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Comic in 4 Panels:
Header: It’s That Easy!
Panel 1: The year is 1994. A dad with short black hair, in a blue shirt, red shorts, and white sneakers with calf high white socks, kneels with one arm resting on a knee and the other raised demonstratingly in front of a kid in a green ball cap, yellow shirt, blue pants, and green sneakers. There is a round metal trash can behind them.
Dad: Pick up your litter and save the Earth!
Panel 2: The year is 2004. Same dad, but in brown cargo shorts, brown shoes, and ankle high white socks speaking to the same kid. There is a green recycle bucket behind them.
Dad: Recycle and you can save the Earth!
Panel 3: The year is 2014. Same dad, but wearing a bike helmet, black athletic pants, and black sneakers to the same kid. A bike is behind them.
Dad: Reduce your carbon footprint and you can save the Earth!
Panel 4: The year is 2024. Same dad, but he’s in the same outfit from panel 1. There is a massive fire behind them.
Dad: Completely restructure global economic systems and you may be able to save a remnant of humanity!
All generations suffer from the same issue: the system is designed so that only the narcissists make it to the top. This will repeat again for eternity if we don’t change the system, and the failure isn’t generational when we are presented with only two options that both work for the elite in some capacity.
It will not “repeat for eternity”, both our societies and the planet’s ecosystems which we depend on all have breaking points after which they will not be able to sustain capitalism. We have a few decades until human civilization collapses if we don’t overthrow the system.
I think a random lottery for office positions is the only system I’ve ever heard of which can’t be abused by narcissists.
You’re 100% right