The riots and political upheaval in Sri Lanka demonstrate that food and energy are the basic building blocks of a modern society. Political leaders who temper with them in the name of “going green” or other “enlightened” ideals are putting their nation at risk as they increase energy costs, decrease the food supply, and disrupt the equilibrium in society that is the result of many years of growth and compromise. Humanity has seen this type of upheaval before, during the “famine” years of the Soviet Union when Stalin imposed collectivization as well as the Cultural Revolution inspired by Mao. In fact, it is difficult if not impossible to find any radical restructuring of society in human history that has produced a better society. It is an unfortunate truth that those type of disruptions come had a high cost of human suffering and pain.
Why then is humanity still plagued by “enlightened” groups who believe they have found a faster, surer path to nirvana? Their blind faith in their righteousness and lack of historical perspective seems to be a never-ending curse on humanity.
Check the link below for a short overview of the disaster in Sri Lanka and what we can learn from it.
