Merry!?-go-Round (one)

Monsieur Barre's Merry-Go-Round, Paris 1955. Robert Doisneau.

June 26, 2022

Merry!?-go-Round (one)……..

"In spite of being miserable and afraid because of the non-peace we experience within ourselves and in our connections with almost everything around us, we seem unable to cease acting in ways that constantly aggravate our situation.

Indeed at no time in history has our globe been so gravely riven with endemic warfare, military and civil violence, widespread torture and terrorism, overt or incipient destruction and scientific preparation for still further havoc."

……."Experience has vividly shown that, if we leave the world to those who actually wield power - politicians, developers, technocrats, bureaucrats and businessmen - we walk straight into trouble, leading with our chin, because these are the very people who give insufficient consideration to the indirect or delayed effects of their acts on our sensitive ecological and social environments."

Aurelio Peccei

Extracts from Before it is Too Late: A Dialogue between Aurelio Peccei and Daisaku Ikeda .

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