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A lynx slept in her bed, and she shared her roof with a tamed boar. Simona Kossak was a scientist, ecologist and the author of award-winning films – as well as an activist who fought to protect Europe’s oldest forest.
When Ivermectin first went to market it was sold as a parasite medicine for animals. This chemical blend was labeled “25 times more potent” than existing parasite medications.
Militarized robots are the anti-guillotine. They’re the final solution to the ancient “there are a lot more of us than there are of our rulers” problem.
This is a nightmarish recipe for growing homelessness, widespread housing hardship, the total destruction of the rest of the economy, and unfathomable human desire.
Even Adam Smith, author of that early free enterprise bible, The Wealth of Nations, observed that pursuing self-interest in the marketplace can’t replace the necessary moral sentiments of sympathy and understanding for others.
How heavy and oppressive do their metallic exoskeletons feel as they cast their long shadows over our lives. How well do their reflective glass shells deflect our attempts to hold to account those perpetrating the crimes committed inside.