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Re: Can we learn something from Easter Island?

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From: Don Quijote
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 19:19
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John Beardmore <wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<J$0iDWIXj9+$EwH9@wookie.demon.co.uk>...
> In article <d82348eb.0401061835.1404f224@posting.google.com>, Don 
> Quijote <donquijote1111@yahoo.com> writes
> 
> >Does it seem "unfair" when the very capitalist solutions being
> >proposed are ignored by capitalism?
> 
> I'm not sure that capitalists know what to do next, or in the general 
> case, know of the existence of NC.
> 
> Even if they do know, while existing financial frameworks and social 
> expectations remain, the existence of natural capitalism is as 
> irrelevant for them as any other piece of academic research.
> 
> 
> > Does it tell something about the
> >nature of capitalism? It reminds me of the stupid hungry dinosaurs...
> 
> Get a clue.  Any process of change starts where you are now.
> 
> We a have an industrial base that is regulated by largely ignorant 
> politicians who are elected by largely ignorant voters who buy according 
> to price rather than product LCA.
> 
> It is asinine to assume that all the problems and solutions are owned by 
> one sector of the population.
> 
> 
> Consumers can help by
> 
>      ethical purchasing,
>      adopting ethical business practice,
>      education of themselves, and
>      education of TPTB.
> 
> Politicians can help by
> 
>      ethical practice and procurement,
>      regulation of industry,
>      promoting eco-design, LCA, industrial ecology, natural capitalism
>      education of themselves, and
>      education of the public.
> 
> Industry can help by
> 
>      ethical practice and procurement,
>      exceeding regulatory requirements,
>      adoption of eco-design, LCA, industrial ecology, natural capitalism
>      education of themselves, and
>      education of the public.
> 
> 
> Please get a grip on the BIG picture !
> 
> 
> Cheers, J/.

Listen, I've observed life long enough to know the beast has a head.
And the head ought to have a brain. And the brain should be used to
lead the little animals into something better. Blaming the little
animals as much as the lion only dilutes responsibility and
accomplishes nothing.

It's like you blaming the puppet for their behavor, when you should be
aiming at the puppeteer, the one hiding behind the curtains... ;)

"My struggle is not against the puppet, but against the puppeteer"
-Myself
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