Michael Klare, a few years ago, got on the Peak Oil express and rode it until it derailed in North Dakota. Waiting in the depot for the next train to anywhere, he found an old copy of a book by Lester Brown. Tadda.
Gene On Jun 6, 2013, at 6:13 AM, Louis Proyect wrote: > “The Race for What’s Left: The Global Scramble for the World’s Last > Resources” > A book by Michael T. Klare > > Reviewed by Louise Rubacky > > > There’s an AT&T commercial that’s been running on TV recently. A guy in > a suit sits on a schoolroom floor, surrounded by a circle of > preschool-aged kids. He poses a question: “Who thinks more is better > than less?” A lisping little girl answers, in a cute and incoherent way, > then wraps up her ramble with: “We want more, we want more; like, you > really like it, we want more.” The deadpan man nods, “I follow you … ” > and the screen cuts to an animated graphic with voice-over: “It’s not > complicated—more is better, and AT&T has the largest 4G network.” > > The setting alone stands as a marvel of irony, but the “more is better” > message of the ad sums up the mantra of almost every corporation selling > any commodity today. Kids don’t necessarily learn that in school; they > absorb it as a cultural truism well before they get to kindergarten. > Because of that, partly, things on our planet are going to get ugly. > > full: > http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/the_race_for_whats_left_20130605/ > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
