Carter

Question 1

What is the state primacy theory?

Answer 1

modern nation states are always fighting for supremacy with one another.

Question 2

what is the result of the state primacy theory?

Answer 2

governments are constantly attempting to secure their own safety through legislation and the creation of new technology (weapons)

Question 3

what is the environmentally hazardous dynamic?

Answer 3

a vicious cycle that does not allow for ecologically benign policies to form

1. centralized bureaucracy
2. inegalitarian, competitive market
3. environmentally damaging technologies
4. nationalistic military forces

Question 4

how do humans contribute to the environmentally hazardous dynamic?

Answer 4

humans are consuming resources at an unmatched rate

Question 5

what is the result of this mass consumption?

Answer 5

mass amounts of pollution, which will damage our environment

Question 6

how do we combat the hazardous dynamic?

Answer 6

radical green political movement in which all aspects of the dynamic will be combated simultaneously

Question 7

how will the government be reformed?

Answer 7

1. a decentralized, local government
2. cooperative, self-sustaining economy
3. convivial technologies
4. peaceful, non-violent, pacifistic society

Question 8

Are there any alternative solutions?

Answer 8

no, this is the only way to prevent catastrophe