Humankind Is Part of Nature, But ….

At a certain point in U.S. history, it appeared that Americans had grasped what Rachel Carson said here.  For a brief period, it looked like our country was on a path towards rethinking its practices that were doing violence to the natural environment.

But that was before the anti-vaxxers, the climate deniers, Fox News, the insurrection, the Big Lie, the resurgence of white supremacy, and all the other forms of ignorance and stupidity that have gained such a stranglehold on our nation.

To illustrate how far we’ve strayed, now we have Americans rooting for an authoritarian regime in its invasion of a neighboring democracy.  It’s not pretty.