The idea that “humanity is separate from nature” is better read as an ongoing civil war inside nature itself. We should admit that ideas, techniques, and institutions are themselves ecological forces.
Nature vs. nature plus ideas, a feedback system where symbolic forms steer matter.
Politics can be understood as an evolutionary adaptation: a behavioral strategy that leverages rhetoric and self-deception to secure resources under the guise of public service.
The Westphalian order, eroded by its own historical contradictions and rooted in selectively appropriated ideals, continues its genocide of innocent communities trapped between collapsing norms.
Riding the crest of the planet’s fragile energy gradient — billions of years in the making — and with symbolic technology in hand, we carve in to the surfboard the biosphere has shaped through countless cycles, on which we balance.
When did we lose our footing? How did we sever ourselves from the waves that gave us life?
Why are we so distracted by the thrill of the ride that we mistake it for progress, while the grave depths below loom closer?
This is war. Do you have the courage to fight for your tribe, your people, your land?
Do you have the moral courage to transcend tribal instincts and choose a harder path?
