We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Monsanto: The world's poster child for corporate manipulation and deceit

by Jeffrey M. Smith from Natural News.

This is an excellent, comprehensive report on a criminal capitalist enterprise. But one should keep in mind that Monsanto is succeeding as a capitalist enterprise by increasing profits which it is mandated to do under this system. Monsanto is only arguably the worst example, but only an example of what occurs under a system that promotes sociopathic behavior.

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