Thanks for the comment Duff! There is this interes...

2010-06-09T21:36:07.186-07:00

Thanks for the comment Duff! There is this interesting synchronicity between the stuff you are writing about and the stuff I am writing about I think. You distrust the leading gurus in the personal development field and show that the 'emperor has no clothes' (usually because he's trying to bang a groupie). And I often try to show how the leading economists in this country are actually creating a self serving narrative that doesn't actually reflect reality much at all.

It's interesting to note too how colonized and homogenized the public discourse is in this country. Almost no one in public office or prominent in the media even thinks to question our trade agreements and the ways in which they have decimated the working class in this country. And yet, it's really not that complicated -- if we ship all of our manufacturing to China and other countries (as we have done) it's gonna be pretty hard to have a robust economy over the long term (but cheap TVs! yeah, we've got lots of those).

This brings me back to 1999 and the "battle i...

2010-06-08T00:18:40.947-07:00

This brings me back to 1999 and the "battle in Seattle" protests against the WTO all over again. I knew there was something to that whole thing, but nobody seems to be talking about it in conjunction with the recession. Interesting thoughts my man!

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Thanks for the comment Duff! There is this interes...

This brings me back to 1999 and the "battle i...