First, they may have had landscape amnesia. In 1972, The Yellowstone River was a beautiful almost pristine river. Today, it is lined with condominiums and houses. People who see it today view this as natural. Second, greed and selfishness may have played a part. I want to have a big statue; I don't care if we have to cut down a few trees to move it from where we chisel it and where it needs to stand. Third, as previously discussed there was a lack of regulation. Fourth, again as previously discussed, there was an insulated elite class of society. They simply did not see reality as it was. Fifth, someone may have sounded an alarm, but because the negative effects were not immediate the people shrugged it off. We see that today. In fact this whole paper is an example of sounded alarms, but are the people listening. Sixth, the people may have felt that it was somebody else’s problem. We hear this all the time. “It's not my problem, I just work here. I just do what I'm told.” Lastly, the Easter Islander’s may not have had the resources to fix the problem. It may have been beyond their capabilities, was too expensive, or they were simply too late. Like Easter Islander’s, if America continues down this path there will be no way to escape our
First, they may have had landscape amnesia. In 1972, The Yellowstone River was a beautiful almost pristine river. Today, it is lined with condominiums and houses. People who see it today view this as natural. Second, greed and selfishness may have played a part. I want to have a big statue; I don't care if we have to cut down a few trees to move it from where we chisel it and where it needs to stand. Third, as previously discussed there was a lack of regulation. Fourth, again as previously discussed, there was an insulated elite class of society. They simply did not see reality as it was. Fifth, someone may have sounded an alarm, but because the negative effects were not immediate the people shrugged it off. We see that today. In fact this whole paper is an example of sounded alarms, but are the people listening. Sixth, the people may have felt that it was somebody else’s problem. We hear this all the time. “It's not my problem, I just work here. I just do what I'm told.” Lastly, the Easter Islander’s may not have had the resources to fix the problem. It may have been beyond their capabilities, was too expensive, or they were simply too late. Like Easter Islander’s, if America continues down this path there will be no way to escape our