Tag: Capitalism
Our unwillingness to think about how to change our reality may simply be the noise of capitalism speaking through us. It’s time to find value in something than a new iPhone or pair of jeans
Europe may choose an extensive welfare state. It may choose extremely open immigration. But it cannot indefinitely maintain both without producing fiscal strain, political conflict, and declining public trust.
Raytheon sponsors the Girl Scouts of America. BAE Systems is reading your toddlers their favorite fairytale stories. And Lockheed Martin funds children’s math and STEM festivals. This is done with great fanfare, supposedly to empower and inspire children to pursue their passion for science. In reality, though, these companies are attempting to launder their images and enlist the next generation to become cogs in the military-industrial complex.
“We’re running out of words to describe the obscenity of these numbers.”
