The Sky Is Falling ...

 .. cried Chicken Little -

  Subtitle: but it didn't help!

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Note the words "hysterical or mistaken belief" in the reference[1].

Note also, that "it didn't help" - to be alert or alarmed, say - because 'alert and/or alarmed' are not much good on their own: one has to do something (useful)!

Q: "But what can I do?" I hear the sheople® wail...

A: Lots; see below for f'rinstances.

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There have been many 'Chicken Littles' down through the ages, and varying degrees of listening, hearing and/or sniggering. I will list some, and the responses/results.

1. "The commies are coming!"

Response: too many people listened.

Result: we got the ascendency of the murdering US m/i-plex.

Result: we got the 'cold war;' 1000s of A- and H-bombs, enough to destroy wo/mankind many times over.

Result: we got the Korean war, the Vietnam war and who knows what other wars, like the 'Malayan Emergency.' One may categorise each as some sort'a colonial/imperial invasion; IMHO few if any were for the liberation of, or otherwise benefit to the normal citizens.

2. "Too many people are coming!" (Club of Rome)

Response: as good as nobody listened.

Result: from 3.5 billion in 1970 we have now got 6.8bio, 'topping out' at around 9bio perhaps, before any decline is foreseen.

Apart from general apathy, the Vatican and the US have both acted against population control efforts (birth control, abortion).

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The most frightening piece of sky threatening to fall on this observer is not a 'moral' piece ("All politicians lie!"), it's not an 'equity' piece ("The rich gorge themselves obscenely richer - while ever more poor people starve!"), it's not a 'justice' piece ("USrael mass-murdering for spoil!"); Oh no.

As important as those pieces are, there is an over-arching piece - called 'CO2-induced climate change' - which could do us all in.

All people must now listen, hear the warning - and no sniggering allowed (with thanks).

But not just listen and hear, we must all do something - useful!

Before we can see what there is that we can do, a bit more scene-setting is needed. We in our great wide-brown Aus are fortunate to live in a so-called democracy, indeed we've just had a people-powered regime-change (at last!)

I term our democracy 'so-called' because a proper democracy requires a few things we're a bit short on, namely 1) a valid choice of candidates, 2) full and frank information about both the candidates and their proposed policies, and 3) an aware and engaged electorate. To expand a bit:

1) Representatives must represent us, we the people - and not some corrupt cause, as illustrated in the current 'Gong goings-on, say.

2) The MSM, including the AusBC and SBS must be restricted to reporting the truth, that is to say no more (filthy!) propaganda.

3) The electorate, aka the sheople, must become engaged (turn those bloody TVs off!)

Well, #3 for a start is never gunna happen; it means that the TV-content itself has to be reformed. A lot less from Hollywood and Madison Ave., say - and no more lies!

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Now we're ready to answer the above 'Q: What can I usefully do?'

1. Get informed; fight through all the filthy lies and get to the truth.

2. Go down to your representative(s), demand that s/he represents you.

Easy, when you think about it - an' I do, lots.

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PS After drafting this, I thought to myself, Q: Do we have any hope? My answer is a very definite "Perhaps," but it requires - Ta Ra! NoMoreofTheSame... see what the Club of Rome had to say, over 30 years ago[2]. Can we do better than our record so far suggests?

Ref(s):

[1] «The Sky Is Falling, also known as Chicken Little, Henny Penny or Chicken Licken is an old fable about a chicken (or a hare in early versions) who believes the sky is falling. The phrase, "The sky is falling," has passed into the English language as a common idiom indicating a hysterical or mistaken belief that disaster is imminent. This usage is generally derogatory.

 ... In other versions the moral is usually interpreted to mean "do not believe everything you are told". In the latter case, it could well be a cautionary political tale: Chicken Little jumps to a conclusion and whips the populace into mass hysteria, which the unscrupulous fox uses to manipulate them for his own benefit.»
[wiki,fable]

[2] «If there is cause for deep concern, there is also cause for hope. Deliberately limiting growth would be difficult, but not impossible. The way to proceed is clear, and the necessary steps, although they are new ones for human society, are well within human capabilities. Man possesses, for a small moment in his history, the most powerful combination of knowledge, tools, and resources the world has ever known. He has all that is physically necessary to create a totally new form of human society--one that would be built to last for generations. The two missing ingredients are a realistic, long-term goal that can guide mankind to the equilibrium society and the human will to achieve that goal. Without such a goal and a commitment to it[my emphasis], short-term concerns will generate the exponential growth that drives the world system toward the limits of the earth and ultimate collapse. With that goal and that commitment, mankind would be ready now to begin a controlled, orderly transition from growth to global equilibrium.»
[Club of Rome, ibid.]