The Modern World Good or Bad

I often think modernisation may not be such a good thing . We are now watched where ever we go , we have become a society of wasters rather than recycle and repaired . We are ruled by a minority of rich in society and modern inventions such as plastic is destroying our world due to our neglect of our natural world and we are causing the extinction of our wild life . If we dont do something really drastic now I honestly think it is probably to late . We must learn to stop building new and learn to recycle and repair . Stop the production of plastic , stop chopping down trees , and start preserving our natural world . We dont need more furniture we have 100s of 1000s of pieces in barns , antique shops etc . Instead of throwing wardrobes or draws etc repair and reuse . Appliances repair dont throw out . Houses if you must replace then save as much as possible and reuse . We are wasting far too much and it has to stop . I often watch programs on tv where you see people throwing away perfectly good items at what we call recycle centres . Throwing wood furniture into a wood bin isnt recycling its crushed for fire wood or to make laminated wood for furniture . True recycling is taking that furniture and repair and make like new . Throwing appliances in a metal bin to be crushed isnt recycling , repair and keep is recycling . If a part is worn out the manufacturer replaces and refurbishes the old far less waste and a even smaller carbon footprint . We call them recycling centres to make ourselves feel better about throwing things away instead of truly recycling the items . Next time you have a item to throw away try and find someone to recycle that item or get it repaired . With things like social media you will find 100s of talented people happy to take it off your hands and give it a second life . Charity shops and second hand furniture stores etc . Please do your bit and think before driving your bits to a so called recycling centre (rubbish dump) . It maybe the easiest but NOT the greenest way to help our planet . We used to have milk in glass bottles taken back to the dairy and reused , fizzy came in glass bottles went back to stores to be reused , veg and fruit in paper bags or loose , baskets made of wicker for shopping etc . Lets demand our shops stop selling needless plastic and go back to those times . Our shopping habits are the push needed by industry to change their ways it all starts with us . So please please think and change your habits and lets care for our world before its all to late . If we walk more or walk or use public transport then our atmosphere suffers less and when demand gets so high and habits change our fares will come down and we will have more trains and buses because demand for it will make it happen . We Can Make A Big Difference Just By Changing Our Habits .

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SW-User

I totally agree with you!

It’s bad, way worse than I ever imagined.
The control from the top is shocking.

We should return to shopping local, keep using cash 💰 they want to get rid of it.
Then they’ll have more power over us and freeze our banks if we don’t do as they say, just like the truckers. 🇨🇦 🛻

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@SW-User I don't go with all your political slant there, which anyway will have different national implications, but I do think the money and IT trades are the real power-brokers, and have far too much power.

It's the banks driving all this "cashless society" nonsense, so they can close all their High Street branches! They've already at least decimated their services. (To "decimate" means to take out 10%).

I do though try to shop locally, from independent or franchises, as far as I can; and I would hope I can keep using cash and cheques for the rest of my life! Card payments are bad for small shops too, because the sales cost is the same whether by cash or card, but the banks take part of the card payment for themselves.

One reason for keeping cash in the UK is that its society is extremely rich in amateur clubs, societies, charities and their activities etc; all relying on small money payments, and a lack of cash would render such activities extremely difficult and expensive for the organisations concerned. It would drastically remove a lot of charity income, thanks to no longer having collecting-boxes on shop counters etc. Also cheques are often the simplest way to pay certain things including subscriptions to clubs, gifts of money to relatives, and sometimes paying trade-visitors to the home such as central-heating service technicians.

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A bank assistant once asked if I'd considered banking by Internet. I replied:

"I far prefer to use a physical branch. It is a lot simpler and more secure." Then added,

"Anyway, why are you trying to talk yourself out of work?"

SW-User

@ArishMell yeah I get that, I think they want rid of cash to control us more, they control the banks too.
Social credit system is what they want in place, our freedom is slowly going to be taken away.
We’ll be given vouchers to spend on food, they’ll choose what we can eat. Where we can Travel etc. bad times ahead of people just go along with it!
The WEF want to put implants in our head, they are talking about being able to read our minds so they can see who are the psychopaths.
Lol they need to start with themselves! 🤡 🌍

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@SW-User Really? That may be so in your country but I've seen no evidence for it here.

A lot of commercial organisations want to work on-line only, and so do some Government agencies (not the Government) but that is purely for organisational efficiency for both lots, and to save money (so make more profits) for the banks and other money-traders.

Since when has the WEF ever thought it possible to put mind-reading implants in us? They are economists and lawyers, not doctors, biologists and physicists; and so far at least I don't think anyone has even suggested it would be possible. Let alone ethical of course.

I reckon you are worrying too much about the wrong things.

SW-User

@ArishMell I’m in England and the wef have their people in power, Boris is one, many more.
I’m not over worrying it’s real and they got into power through the back door. [media=https://youtu.be/A6zy0D6YBfk]

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@SW-User Oh, I am sorry! I thought you are in Canada, because you used its flag on an earlier post.

Whatever happens countries do need discuss economic matters with each other, and my concern is how well the country is run, not whoever might be who is some international talking-shop.

I did try watching that video but gave up in just two of its nearly eleven minutes, deterred by its appallingly bad presentation: high-speed gabbling in a very strong American accent hard to follow, and its gimmick of flashing fractional-second images. I found I could not trust the video because I felt it did not want me to concentrate on, absorb and comprehend its message; and I have no idea who had made it, where, why and for whom. I stopped shortly after the presenter cited not analysts, diplomats, lawyers, heads of national banks and the like; but some other You-tube users. Very useful.

I had heard the "Great Reset" phrase from others on SW, but had not realised it was invented by Klaus Schwab. Sorry if I have mis-spelled his name.

I still regard the WEF as really of less significance than its own be-suited participants like to think, because it is still governments and parliaments that run "Western" countries, not blokes in suits living it up in Swiss ski-resorts. Governments need to co-operate on laws and economies with each other, but are not controlled by Herr Schwab and his fellow economics-theoreticians. If it has any real effect at all I think it would more likely to be on major businesses and international trade, not on we individual citizens; except perhaps by consequence on things like interest-rates.

SW-User

@ArishMell 🤔 I’m not so sure, he gladly says he’s penetrated the governments. Many leaders are from the wef. 1300 in governments worldwide but that could be more.
They are changing the laws to allow less control.
I put the Canada flag because Trudeau froze the truckers bank accounts when they protested. Which is another reason not to have a cashless system. It’s all about controlling us.
And klaus has a lot more power than you realise. Very dangerous man.