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And most threatening of all is the controversy surrounding the greatest danger to the planet earth: climate change. One has to wonder, how is it that despite compelling scientific evidence, it is still being labeled by many, including the former president of the USA, as a hoax!

The overly optimistic and positive predictions of social reformers suggesting that humans have matured, that monstrous atrocities are relics of the past, and that the 21st century will be a century of peace, justice and love, have not materialized. In fact they were proven to be no more than wishful thinking. So the ideal of a non-violent, harmonious, egalitarian and just society sadly remains an elusive utopian dream. The optimistic expectation that, slowly but surely, humanity will triumph that love will replace hate, compassion will supersede cruelty and friendliness will prevail over animosity, evaporated like morning dew under the rising sun. To the disappointment and disillusion of many, the world seems more troubled and in greater turmoil today than it has been in the past several decades!