Watch this and pass it on

[elfy]

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

Very neat little movie about where stuff (consumer goods) comes from, where it goes to etc. I knew about everything mentioned there, but not everybody does and so I thought I pass it on. It's also nice to have everything together in a short movie like that.

And here a link to the article the website was featured in:
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26939/1.html

Modern-day capitalism requires constant growth, and lately this pace of growth has been accelerated. If growth stagnates or a contraction sets in, the consequences would be catastrophic. (...) It may be a little ironic but the capitalists of today have much in common with the Marxists of yesterday. Both look upon the future as an endless period of inevitable growth. Likewise, both see the environment as an exploitable resource, and have an unwavering faith in the virtue of technological progress. Consequently, both are of the belief that nothing must stand in the way of this inevitable progress - including the environment.

Comments

[elfy.livejournal.com]

i know. but anyway i think the flaws of capitalism are too big, to be a good system for our society. consumerism aside, capitalism leads very much to making the gap between rich and poor bigger.

[alexmc.livejournal.com]

lets agree to disagree on this one. :-)

I'm happy to discuss ways of restraining capitalism through legislation or public opinion, but dont think it should be entirely thrown away.

More later