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[–]StillLessons 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's funny how thought moves in tandem...

Ephemeral's comment on this thread beats me to my response to you.

First, I think to myself the same thought that you have expressed here many many times per day.

But the counter-thought - which Ephemeral gets at - is who are "they"? Where is the line drawn between "we" and "they"? At the very least, speaking for myself, "we" are complicit in our tolerance thus far with how far this has been allowed to go.

This line is very hard to draw.

[–]IridescentAnaconda 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Point well taken.

But part of the problem is that (on this plane of reality anyway) a response demands collective action, but the laws of probably suggest that collective action is unlikely. "They" (whoever they are) know this, they are adept at measuring the effects of their moves and being able to project outcomes.

But on another plane...