#anyway just love how ffvii has those themes that sometimes resonate hard with stuff that obsess me a bit

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Those parallels killed me.

Quote from The great simplification movie (timestamp):

Access to these fossil energies and materials brought billions more humans into existence, and brought billions more out of poverty.

Quote from FFVII Remake (timestamp):

Cloud: Except that mako has made people's lives better.

and then

Quote from The great simplification movie (timestamp):

And, instead of appreciating this giant one-time windfall, we developed stories that our newfound wealth and progress had emerged purely from human ingenuity. We had become energy blind.

Quote from FFVII Remake (timestamp):

Barret: It's made people blind. Blind to the cold hard truth.

For the first time I'll use the expression that grate on people's nerves: the spirit of these statements are two things that can coexist.

Btw I still highly recommend watching this Great simplification movie as I think it gives a pretty lucid overview of our past and current situation regarding energy/environment, and the possible outcomes, and more. Perfect to become a bit less blind as they say. :)

#trs life #energy #environment #as always recommending a content doesn't mean approving each word in it #questioning things is good and cross checking with other sources is even better #but all in all it's pretty solid and coherent with my current knowledge of the topics #anyway just love how ffvii has those themes that sometimes resonate hard with stuff that obsess me a bit #also i guess i could make this analogy that may speak more to some people #does capitalism bring positive stuff? yes probably since almost all the things you do and love today stem from it #does it mean we want capitalism to keep going the way it does with all its tragedies? i guess not #all of this asks for different systems and lifestyles hmm?