Greed and self serving is our religion and law. We can only act atomized to advance or hinder our own accumulation of wealth and power.

So globally we’re not an intelligent, rational species. Anthropogenic or not, it never even mattered.

I disagree on one thing: It’s not that people don’t care. It’s that they care too much. They care in precisely packaged and calibrated dosages as is fed to them, for what the powerful want them to care about. This or that. Taiwanese independence? Not yet.

So do not blame the people. It’s just that we simply… lost the fight. They had way more money and thus power, utilizing the newest and best psychological manipulation technology to divert, manipulate, control. The big lie is that we are a sentient, rational people and that a good idea or speech could convince people to do the rational thing. But if you have money, swaying hearts and minds is just something you can buy and trade like everything else.