Will We “Perish Together as Fools?”
When MLK said this in the 1960s, he was probably referring to war, specifically nuclear war.
In any case, it was a time when there was very little awareness that humankind was on course to ruin our planet’s environment and would soon suffer the extreme effects of global warming and the staggering loss of biodiversity. Just 60 years later, it is these conditions that threaten our very survival.
And as of this last election – a slim majority here in the US- haven’t learned a damned thing