Hmm I think I am agreeing with you on the preconditions; I did say that the system, through literacy has sowed the seeds of its own destruction.<p>But it seems like we&#x27;re on a path that makes this less and less likely, whereas the introduction of technology and so forth should have done the opposite, were we not &quot;ethically bankrupt&quot; as a species.<p>Baudrillard can be said to have identified the problems. and that more than makes up for his defeatism.<p>The rest of your reply is basically, now that we dont have salt mines worked by kids, everything is awesome and you cant complain.<p>If you really do recognize that we have the systemic problems I was talking about, perhaps we actually agree and I&#x27;m only saying things arent getting better fast enough.<p>Which is a real danger. There&#x27;s only so much resources one can devote to not being a complete tool, and these are running down, quickly.