[United States / National Forests] - The Extractive Self Opens the Last Wilderness to Feed a Phantom of Economic Revival

Event Baseline: The Trump administration is planning to open some of the nation's last pristine forests to road building and timber companies, despite loggers saying it will not revive the industry.

The forest is not a resource. It is a living system. The extractive self sees it only as board feet and profit. The brain is programmed to convert reality into numbers. It cannot feel the web of life because it has no proprioception of thought. The thought 'economic growth' dominates. It promises security, jobs, and power. But it is an illusion.

The loggers themselves say it will not work. The system continues anyway because the self is not seeking economic security; it is seeking the illusion of control. To cut the last tree is to assert dominion over the earth. That assertion is the ultimate act of self-destruction. The earth does not need the forest to be saved. The human mind needs the forest to remember it is not a separate entity. Until the extractive self dies, the earth will continue to be eaten alive by a phantom that never satisfies.