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3 December 2018

If we want to survive on this planet, we need to abandon the cause of the nation state

If we really care for the fate of the people who comprise our nation, our motto should be: America last, China last, Russia last.

By Slavoj Žižek

The latest news from the border of Ukraine and Russia indicates that we already live in a pre-war situation – so what should we, ordinary people, do when the explosion of global madness looms?

Perhaps, our first reaction should be to confront this dark news with another series of even more catastrophic news. Recent scientific reports make it clear that our global food system is broken: according to 130 national academies of science and medicine across the world, billions are either underfed or overweight, and our food production is driving the planet towards climate catastrophe. To provide an environmentally-friendly diet for all of us will require a radical transformation of the system.

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