I certainly agree with the author, and must agree with the wider application and amplification of the same fear brought out in such well-written detail by Bill Duff. We must realize even this expansive game of booby trap against the backdrop of economic, ecological & climactic, fresh water & waste management crises, and on and on, that face us with there own lynch pins -- many already drawn. To an extent we are already in free fall and like the proverbial unfortunate fellow whose fell off a skyscraper and has reach the half-way mark, should read the warning signs and not imagine "so far, so good."



We need a parachute, we need a way out, and our individual, self-interested national governments are not doing this--being "selfish to death" as huge, greedy & immature little children. There should be honest round table discussions towards a true world government--as Albert Einstein had called for in the late 1940's and early 1950's knowing that otherwise we would inevitably destroy ourselves. The selfish bureaucratic rot that calls itself the "United" Nations must be replaced by such a true government.



This UN protects financial powers, strong-men, and military interests, and supports blocs of ideological, national, and religious hatred and dominance against minorities--intra-state and full state (it is always the "biggest guy"in a wider conflict who has power in the UN, whatever the propaganda about concern for the "littlest guy" under the thumb of the little guy made out to be "the monster." Because of this arrangement, selfishness continues to dominate which means that we will not work together truly, which means that we are all doomed.



A new world government must be based on mutual responsibility. Plain and simple, the discipline to eliminate one's own interests complete from the picture, and honestly understand and present everyone else's. Then in this, are true needs and protection for all guaranteed.



This is childish idealism! -- Not any more, but it is a matter of a bit of education to our growing integral nature. I wouldn't attempt to force children who are holding their breaths till blue in the face to get what they want--when the time comes, they'll breathe all right--a literal "conspiracy," breathing together, naturally become one organic body as it were. That is, if is still within their physical power to do so. So I would only cajole them to the extent I could with such education, so that they at least keep reality in the back of their minds till then. That way, hopefully, they will not "guarantee" their stubbornness by tying plastic bags around their heads, or chaining a heavy steel ball to their legs and letting it fall into the sea.