This discussion on the morality question reminds me of a recent
article in Orion Magazine, titled "Forget Shorter Showers: Why
personal change does not equal political change."
The author writes:
"Part of the problem is that we’ve been victims of a campaign of
systematic misdirection. Consumer culture and the capitalist mindset
have taught us to substitute acts of personal consumption (or
enlightenment) for organized political resistance. An Inconvenient
Truth helped raise consciousness about global warming. But did you
notice that all of the solutions presented had to do with personal
consumption—changing light bulbs, inflating tires, driving half as much
—and had nothing to do with shifting power away from corporations, or
stopping the growth economy that is destroying the planet?"
The rest of the article can be found here:
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/4801/
I'm still digesting this email conversation and the article, but I
thought it was worth mentioning here.
-Alison
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