>>2662740I think a lot of what I feel for it is for reasons similar to his; although I do feel a strong love for, and desire to, preserve it even if I am not able to enjoy any personal benefits from it, but the fact is I always get benefits from it so I can't say there are any real life examples where I am doing something for it or loving it in a completely selfless way. That I am also very pleased, and comforted, that a lot of it will still be around long, long after I am gone (geology hits me hard with this and never fails to inspire a bit of reverence and wonder).
I agree with the wild nature and freedom bit. At least in western style states and societies the many of the ones with the least wild nature are also often some of the most authoritarian, and where the people value or understand freedom the least.
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