Consumerism / Hedonism

We have been living a myth. We have constructed a dream. We have cajoled and seduced ourselves into believing we are the center of all things; with plants and other sentient beings from ants to lizards to coyotes and grizzly bears, remaining subservient to our whims, desires, and needs. This is a lethal lie that will be seen by future generations... See more

Terry Tempest Williams • The Pall Of Our Unrest

Ultimately, it is the ideology of human supremacy that allows us to maltreat animals in factory farms, blow up mountaintops for coal, turn vibrant rainforest into monocropped wastelands, trawl millions of miles of ocean floor with nets that scoop up everything that moves—while glorying in the Anthropocene, claiming that nature only exists to serve... See more

resilience.org • The Ideology of Human Supremacy

Is it our human right to indulge in all the stuff we want, even though it hurts others? We buy a new dress from H&M and consider it as self-love. We eat heaps of meat at the end of a rough day because we deserve a little treat. Where did this justification for “self-care” that is causing other creatures and the planet come from?