“When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism, are incapable of being conquered. A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967
04-26-2007 |
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Here is the latest installment in our series from artist Tim Nyberg.
Our industrialized economies are based upon the idea of continual economic growth. The advertisers generate need and the consumers buy ever more goods and services. It seems quite subversive and counter-cultural to question or challenge this system.
04-10-2007 |
12 Comments »“Oh! that we who declare against wars, and acknowledge our trust to be in God only, may walk in the light, and therein examine our foundation and motives in holding great estates! May we look upon our treasures, and the furniture of our houses, and the garments in which we array ourselves, and try whether the seeds of war have nourishment in these our possessions, or not.”
- Quaker activist John Woolman, 1720-1772
Hat Tip: John Lamoreau
03-22-2007 |
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