Elections, riots and distrust: what’s the state of democracy? Introductory Speeches

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"When I looked out the window of the International Space Station, I saw the paparazzi-like flashes of lightning storms, I saw dancing curtains of auroras that seemed so close it was as if we could reach out and touch them. "And I saw the unbelievable thinness of our planet's atmosphere." In that moment he was suddenly 'hit with the sobering realisation that that paper-thin layer keeps every living thing on our planet ALIVE!!!! The former astronaut added: "I saw an iridescent biosphere teeming with life. "I didn't see the economy. But since our human-made systems treat everything, including the very life-support systems of our planet, as the wholly owned subsidiary of the global economy, it's obvious from the vantage point of space that we're living a lie.

[@leeturton9254]

The line in terminator always stuck with me..."it's in your nature to destroy yourselves"