I start to wonder, is it even possible to change? Even beginning with the best intentions, any person reaching the position to alter our society, has made so many compromises along the way, cut so many deals, their hands are tied, and they are unable.
It could be that we, as humans, are entirely trapped by the system. There is no way out. The course we are on leads over the cliff and we are powerless. Economic and environmental catastrophe is unavoidable.
Solutions then, may only come from outside our system. By definition, these solutions cannot be conceived by humans. What may be required is a deus ex machina to enter stage left.
Think of something that defines your life on earth. Something permanent and unchanging; something you can rely on to make sense of everything. It could be a nation, or a religious belief, or a caste system. Do you think these things will exist a thousand years from now, completely unchanged? I hope not. It would mean we are culturally backward, and stagnant. Everything must run its course, even the nation of Pangea and the Red Hand. One day we'll need a nation and a symbol that includes non-humans. Don't let it become the banner of a new fascist global state which condones apartheid against non-humans - the same groups that can provide the 'outside system solution' we need.
Support equal rights for artificial intelligence and aliens at the earliest opportunity. It's possible similar groups are already watching us, waiting for us to mature before they make contact. What are they waiting for? Here is a theory:
When we first imagined beings from another world, it was a dark nightmare of conquest and rape, but this was a two-dimensional reflection of our own nature. Think War of the Worlds, Orsen Wells and panic, abductions and anal probes. As Iain M. Banks would say 'an outside context problem' to end us all. Aztecs and Spanish playing out again and again. More recently, we stare dumbfounded at those unknown objects in the sky, like an undiscovered rain forest tribe buzzed by a series of helicopters, we've made a giant step from terror to numbed silence. Now for the next step.
If you are fortunate enough to see a UFO, don't stand there slack-jawed like a hick, it's embarrassing. Call out, wave them down. No human aircraft is likely to detect these gestures, so don't feel foolish, but who knows what kind of eyes and ears these beings are capable of building, and this could be the signal they are waiting for. Then things can change beyond recognition.
Or it could be that they are more similar to us than I would like. Callous, cold-blooded strategists out to exploit all without regard to damage. In which case we are fucked so we might as well be optimistic.
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Separate now, but we can still think of one whole.
Tired of divisions, strife, global animosity? Enough is enough. I say we're all on the same team, who's with me?
A New Banner
This is a symbol for the entire species. The black background represents the empty space around us, and how we are alone, except for each other. The hand is a universal image of humanity. Separate fingers, but one whole.
Some of the first depictions ever created on Earth were outlines of the hand, painted on cave walls in red ochre, from iron oxide. Red also stands for the colour of blood, something we all have in common. Drawn in black or white, this image could be siezed upon by racist bigots of one kind or another. The red hand connects all.
Reproduce this image! Show you're a member of the human race! The simple design is easy to imitate, a child could do it. Paint it in the streets, on your houses, wherever you go! End our fractured, tribal existence and unite behind the red hand!
Pangea
Separate now, but we can still think of one whole.
False Flag Incidents
Governments will attack their own people in order to generate 'a helpful wave of national indignation' in order to begin a war. Here are some examples:
Mukden 1931 - Japanese officers fabricated a pretext for annexing Manchuria by blowing up a section of railway.
Gleiwitz 1939 - Reinhard Heydrich fabricated evidence of a Polish attack to mobilize German public opinion, and to fabricate a false justification, for a war with Poland.
Mainila 1939 - The Soviet Union shelled a village of Mainila on the Finnish border. This Shelling of Mainila was cited as justification for war and the Soviet Union attacked Finland.
Cuba 1962 - Although Operation Northwoods, a plot by the US administration for a war with Cuba, was never carried out, it involved scenarios such as hijacking a passenger plane and blaming it on Cuba, starting a terrorist bombing campaign in Miami and Washington, and using 'false flag' missions to attack the US base in Guantanamo. It was compiled as part of Operation Mongoose, and sanctioned by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The Gulf of Tonkin 1964 - The US fabricated an attack from North Vietnamese naval vessels. This served as an excuse to escalate US involvment in Vietnam.
Operation Cyanide 1967 - The USS Liberty was deliberately attacked by Israeli planes and torpedo boats. The attack was blamed on the Egyptians and would've allowed the US to enter the Six Day War and ensure Israel's victory.