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THE CHOICES OF MIND WILLIAM JOHN COX Copyright © 2020 William John Cox All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from William John Cox, who asserts his moral right to be identified as the author of this work. Cover design by Liam Newman and Maggie Pagratis. Cover im- age of a double rainbow over Bow Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada filmed by David Brooke Martin. Author photograph by Catherine Frost. This digital edition contains all corrections to date. ISBN 9798601809955 The Gift of Mind Series Mindkind Publications Mindkind.Info BY WILLIAM JOHN COX You’re Not Stupid! Get the Truth: A Brief on the Bush Presidency Mitt Romney and the Mormon Church: Questions Target Iran: Drawing Red Lines in the Sand The Holocaust Case: Defeat of Denial Transforming America: A Voters' Bill of Rights Sam: A Political Philosophy An Essential History of China: Why it Matters to Americans Millennial Math & Physics The Way of Righteousness: A Revealing History & Reconciliation of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam THE GIFT OF MIND SERIES A Message of Mind: Hello, We Speak the Truth The Book of Mindkind: A Philosophy for the New Millennium Mind & Its Languages of Reason Mind: Before & After The Way of Righteousness Contents Dedication ................................................................ x Preface Deception and Choices ................................. 1 The Extinction Papers ............................................. 13 An Inquest Into the Criminal Assault on Mother Earth ........................................................................... 15 The Ice Age Cycle ......................................... 17 Effects of Industrialization ............................ 19 The Melting of the Sea Ice ............................. 21 The Methane Bomb ....................................... 23 If the Earth is Warming, Why are the Northern Winters so Cold? ........................................... 25 The Warming and Acidification of the Oceans ...................................................................... 27 The Eye-Witness Evidence: One Year of Extreme Weather—2019 ................................ 29 The Sixth Mass Extinction of All Species on Earth ................................................................. 38 A Hellish Way to Die .................................... 42 Is There an Alternative Future? ..................... 48 Defrauding Earth’s Children of Their Economic Inheritance.................................................................. 50 A Century of Economic Corruption and Insanity ......................................................................... 53 Tweeting Threats of Economic Warfare ........ 68 The Insatiable Monster of Global Corporate Capitalism ..................................................... 84 Corrupt and Unrepresentative Governments ........... 91 The Fraudulent Cancellation of the New Deal Contract ........................................................ 93 The Tyranny of the Minority ...................... 100 Political Will to Heal the Environment and the Economy ..................................................... 114 War and Militarization ............................................ 119 The Industrialization of War ....................... 123 Climate Wars ............................................... 129 The Cost of Wars......................................... 132 Intolerance: Racial, Cultural, and Religious ............ 135 The Origin and Effects of Intolerance .......... 136 Coexistence and the Universal Rights of Liberty ....................................................................... 138 The American Empire and the Middle East Wars of Intolerance ..................................... 140 America: A Nation at War With Itself ......... 198 The Pornography of Intolerance. ................. 221 The Violent Confinement of Law Violators 225 The Intolerability of Intolerance .................. 228 The Evolution Papers ............................................ 232 The Metamorphosis of Mind .................................. 234 An Awareness of Mind ................................ 238 The Stupendous Creative Potential of a Meeting of Minds ......................................... 242 The Education of Tolerance ........................ 245 Beating the Explosive Swords of War Into High Tech Plowshares of Peace ................................................. 250 The Failure of War as an Instrument of Public Policy .......................................................... 252 An Alternative to Stupid Wars .................... 255 Redirect the Weapons of War to the Pursuit of Peace ........................................................... 258 The Rights of Liberty in a Just and Joyful Society .. 264 The USVRA – A Voters’ Bill of Rights ....... 272 Government Regulations and Presumptions of Law ............................................................. 290 A Just System of Correcting Unlawful Behavior ....................................................................... 293 Despairing of Gun Violence ........................ 299 Paying the Tab for the Rights of Liberty ..... 305 A Free & Fair Enterprise System............................. 308 Striking a Balance Between Labor and Capital .................................................................... 310 A Fair and Simple Tax ................................. 312 The Bridge to the Future ............................. 318 Restoring the Balance of Mother Earth’s Environment .................................................................................. 320 A Miraculous Source of Abundant Energy .. 320 Powering Ground Transportation in the Space Age .............................................................. 325 Safe Nuclear Energy .................................... 327 Seeding the Sunscreen .................................. 336 Mitigating Climate Change .......................... 338 The Sustainable Growing of Food ............... 339 The End ................................................................. 343 Acknowledgements ................................................ 348 Sources ................................................................... 350 DEDICATION This book is written for the young people of the world, of every race, in every country, speaking every language, and practicing every religion. You are the only force capable of learning the truth and quickly taking the essential steps required to avoid the extinc- tion of humanity and the termination of human society—within your lifetime.1 It is unfair that this burden is being dumped on you, as we—your parents and grandparents—are the ones who have caused the problem. We created a worldwide economy energized by the reckless burning of fossil fuels and sustained by profligate consumerism and continual war. We are the ones who have almost doubled the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide, causing the earth’s temperature to rise to a level not 1 Were there to be only one person I could talk to about The Choices of Mind, it would be Greta Thunberg, whose photo- graph sitting on the sidewalk in front of the Swedish Parliament Building with her “School Strike for the Climate” sign is the current default image on my computer screens. It helps sustain my belief that these brave children of the new millennium have what it takes to survive the deadliest threats ever posed to hu- man existence. x Dedication seen for millions of years. You are, however, the ones who will have to live with the consequences of our thoughtless neglect. We may be finally forced to accept responsibility, and we may be able to help you design effective reme- dies, but ultimately, it is up to you to make the most of your legacy—for better or for worse. We remain entrenched in our familiar existence and are resistant to change, but you have the courage and vision of youth to create an alternative and exciting future for yourself and your children. As you educate yourselves and prepare to earn a living for the next 30 to 40 years and to save for your retirement, you must acknowledge and accept this re- ality: Irrespective of how hard you work, how much money you accumulate, and how much recognition and personal power you achieve, you will not be al- lowed to enjoy your retirement, or your grandchildren—if there is no fresh air to breath, clean water to drink, nutritious food to eat, or a community to help you care for your needs. You will either act together, or you will all die together. As the average annual global temperature of the atmosphere and oceans rise by only another degree or so, Earth’s delicate balance will tilt, and its envi- ronment will rapidly become too hot for the habitat xi The Choices of Mind of most forms of life. Adaptation will be impossible, civilization will collapse, and you will experience pain, depression, destruction, and death. There will be no refuge, and there will be no escape—even for the rich and powerful, no matter how many guns and how much gold they have hoarded. The deadly consequences of unabated, extreme heating this century—drought, crop diseases, wildfires in the summer, bitter winters and flooding springs, hurricanes, pandemics, mass starvation and forced mi- gration and violence, and everywhere, the agonizing thirst for water—is real and undeniable, but it is not yet unavoidable. Immediate and effective action is re- quired, however, as you are racing toward the tipping point in physics,