"The Story of Stuff" & "The Shock Doctrine" - two short movies
Searching for a music player I somehow came upon this online movie, "The Story of Stuff" - which oversimplifies many issues, yet goes further than the conventional model it does a good job of critiquing.
This video is also in following with my obsession about 'the invisible.' It is these invisible forces which are THE most compelling story of our time, a story that is not told again and again. This story, save for a few souls who connect the dots - like John Perkins, Naomi Klein, Barbara Ehrenreich, Mike Ruppert and Sebastian Salgado to name a few - is simply the story of the mechanics of global capitalism.
It's fascinating, frightening and amazingly relevant to see this system at work.
Living deep and voiceless in credit debt is one way Americans help the system go forward unchecked.
Who owns our time? Our time is spent plugging holes with our ten fingers on a (usually) sinking financial vessel. We work absurd hours to pay for absurdly priced vehicles and absurdly priced real estate, so we have no time to rest and consider that the system is both pervasive and completely dysfunctional.
Naomi Klein does a fine job in her latest book, made into a short film, "The Shock Doctrine," explaining how free market capitalism gets a foothold when it's ideas are inherently unpopular.
This video is also in following with my obsession about 'the invisible.' It is these invisible forces which are THE most compelling story of our time, a story that is not told again and again. This story, save for a few souls who connect the dots - like John Perkins, Naomi Klein, Barbara Ehrenreich, Mike Ruppert and Sebastian Salgado to name a few - is simply the story of the mechanics of global capitalism.
It's fascinating, frightening and amazingly relevant to see this system at work.
Living deep and voiceless in credit debt is one way Americans help the system go forward unchecked.
Who owns our time? Our time is spent plugging holes with our ten fingers on a (usually) sinking financial vessel. We work absurd hours to pay for absurdly priced vehicles and absurdly priced real estate, so we have no time to rest and consider that the system is both pervasive and completely dysfunctional.
Naomi Klein does a fine job in her latest book, made into a short film, "The Shock Doctrine," explaining how free market capitalism gets a foothold when it's ideas are inherently unpopular.
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