Let’s Rule the World Together, But Without Those Who Disagree With Us

How far can we go? Civilization and capitalism made another huge stride on June 1st, 2011 and November 9th, 2011. The approval of the Belo Monte Dam project and beginning of construction proves that we can overcome any obstacle to increase the number in a computer which represents who we are and our value as “people” (“Corporations are people my friend!” – Mitt Romney). Our conscious was probably the biggest obstacle we had to overcome, but it was also the easiest considering we have none. Eradicating hundreds of species unique to the area, displacing over 20,000 native individuals from their life long homes, and destroying their livelihoods is a small price to pay for bigger numbers in computers. Well… They’re not actually much bigger,...