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Originally Posted by Bassnut
I was waiting for this reply, you are SOO right. We damand the oil at the lowest price, we vote the gov in with the minimum industry regulation (to keep the returns high), we demand high returns from our super funds, who in turn, because of our demand for high returns, invest in high risk ventures.
As someone else quoted "welcome to planet greed".
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Well, that don't count me as one...quite frankly I don't care for any of the politicians or their policies, most people wouldn't know where their super was being invested (or even care most of the time, just so long as it keeps growing) and for the most part we only let what's happening because we like to abrogate responsibility for our actions and the way things are being done, leaving it to others who don't have our best interests at heart.
Remember, politicians are only in power at out own behest. We seem to have lost the real meaning of democracy, if we ever really knew it to begin with. You want the change, demand it.
To tell you the truth, this society needs fundamental change to occur and the only ones that are going to make the change are the people. You won't get it from the governments and corporations/financial institutions and vested interests. It's in their best interest to keep things as they are, but ultimately it will bring everyone, including themselves, down.
I don't expect anything to come from Copenhagen, just as Rio was a waste of time. If you want to see change, you have to make them change.