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That's why we have to destroy the present politico-economic system.

There’s plenty of destruction going on and it doesn’t look like a brighter future.

The present system seems perfectly capable of destroying itself without our help.

I was (somewhat obliquely) quoting Arthur C. Clarke from 1969. It's been 56 years, and in that time the present system has yet to come close to destroying itself.

You can not say it hasn't come close yet: that is not measurable. How many brinks have there been in the last 56 years, is surely undefinable because we don't know the effects of quantum butterflies in the counterfactual timeline.

We might be able to say it hasn't destroyed itself yet?

And what is meant by the "present system" is unclear. Plus the present system cannot be the past system so your choice of words is kinda weird!

Sorry, pedantic nitpicking can be a hobby. I don't like this comment.

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