No one wanted a human population so large that we're drowning in our own waste and find it impossible to get peace and quiet anymore. And yet this is exactly what we've created for ourselves. There is a widely held belief that being happy is equivalent to acquiescing to injustice. If we're not unhappy about the way banks rip off their ordinary customers, about how government intrudes on every moment of our lives, about how large corporations commit murder and get away with it, then we haven't done what we should to resist these outrages. But our being unhappy does nothing to prevent injustice and indeed it puts us off balance in our efforts to fight for a better world.
Multiculturalism is a dead end.
The idea that somewhere in the rich variety of traditional cultures we will find the solutions to our problems simply doesn't wash. Very soon they're cruising up and down in their cars, eating junk food, and getting fat. Their traditional culture is no barrier to the worst mistakes of Western consumer society. Back to Top Most of us try to shore up our self-confidence by surrounding ourselves with objects that reaffirm what we think is important, by arranging a daily routine that matches our interests, by holding on to the small signs of esteem that others give us for support and encouragement. They change our clothing into impersonal uniforms, they impose a disruptive and constantly changing schedule, ignore our personalities or personal differences, and discard any signs of esteem we might have earned.