Words For The Next Decade
I had a realisation last night that there's a new word that I suspect will
be entering the news lexicon soon. That word is
The Urban Dictionary, which I won't link to here, has an alternate definition which basically is a derogatory term for someone too obsessed with the environment. I don't think this is using the -pathy suffix - meaning 'suffering or disease' - correctly; but then I'm sure the Urban Dictionary doesn't really care.
What it comes down to, for me, is that I believe that there are people and
companies whose view point on the Earth and the natural world is that it is
simply there for exploitation. They seem to believe that we can not just
keep on doing what we've been doing, but actually find new ways to exploit
the world, and the consequences simply don't apply to them. In this, my
basic stance is completely the opposite - I believe it's time to do
everything we possibly can to save the planet we live in. I also side with
my dad's line of reasoning on this, in that I can afford to be wrong, but
they can't.
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