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Social Exclusion and Natural Depredation

Written by Oswaldo De Rivero From the book:  The Myth of Development The non-viable economies of the 21st century "The social exclusion of human beings is not the same thing as the natural depredation occurring in a food chain, where one animal species preys on another species, as is the case with lions and zebras. The human groups that are preyed upon are not from a different species, and do not always behave like zebras. A human group that feels permanently excluded from the bare necessities of existence, preyed on by the market and by modernity, will finally turn upon its predators, resorting to varied forms of treatment ranging from delinquency to terrorist fanaticism." "The law of the jungle cannot continue to be applied among men without serious consequences for the whole community. Our genes, which are programmed for survival in society, begin to protest that we are being excluded, that our family or social group is in danger. Then, when we reach

Ethical Duty in the 21st century

"The only tie existing today is compassion and the ethical duty of a handful of persons, but this cannot create a global ethical conscience in a world under the influence of a predatory logic" It is something i red for Oswaldo De Revero way back and still lingering on my yellow papers. in the confusion and the wondering of the movement future طلعت_ريحتكم #بدنا_نحاسب #  that gave us so much hope, i remember the wise words Oswaldo mentioned. it kept me thinking, will we ever be able to succeed in building a republic in Lebanon? As well, the world order doesn't look much promising. it is clearly not going toward an environmental neither economical sustainability, and its failure is unavoidable, without a vital and comprehensive commutation. it is very difficult times we are living!!

Liberland - Croatia

https://liberland.org/en/about/ For all the Lebanese or Syrian Refugees, this is the country you should go for. no government, no taxes, no politics, just a bunch of people living together in 10 square km  grin emoticon All you have to do now is convince Croatian authority to let you go there !!  grin emoticon Wait, if Liberland was not welcoming enough, you can always  go to "Nowheristan". my greetings to Michel Elefteriades !!

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كتير عنا شغل ووعي تنبني جيل حضاري وانساني. مثلاً حدا سأل عن عمال سوكلين كيف كانو يجيبو عمال ب200$ من الهند ومن سيريلنكا و ينيموون متل البهايم 20 واحد بكل غرفة من دون تخوتة؟ لأ ما حدا كان يفرق معو، المهم الطرقات عم تتكنس! هل هالموضوع كان انساني وليش نحنا منقبل في ؟ بعض الشباب يلي نظموا الحراك وعلى رأسن  Imad Bazzi  كانو ينزلوا على سجن الأجانب في الامن العام تحت الجسر تيوثقوا الانتهاكات الغير انسانية بحق عمال من السودان ومن سيريلنكا ومن الفيليبين  Farah Salka (يمكن هونيك تعرف على م رتوا من إسرائيل). هول شباب بناضلو حتى ما يكون حقك سحسوح  و حتى يكون عنا أبطال مش وزراء وحتى ما يدفع الحمال بسبينس مصاري عشين يشتغل  Abir Ghattas وحتى يكون حقك تروح على حديقة عامة هي اصلاً ملكك  Nizar Ghanem رح يصير في كتير اخطاء وأنا أول واحد رح ينتقد بس شباب وصبايا 29 آب هني اشرف الناس عشين هيك عم بنزل على كل مظاهرة بيدعو الها. ‫#‏ طلعة_ريحتكم‬   ‫#‏ بدنا_نحاسب‬   ‫#‏ مستمرون‬