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The Consumer vs. the Citizen, part 3
By Kurt Heidinger on Jul 19, 2010 in Director's Notes, Jefferson, citizenship, consumerism, economy, time
In parts 1 & 2 of this meditation, I’ve shown how our over-the-top consumerism makes us hog the world’s natural resources and invade nations so we can continue the hogging, and how our hoggishness corrupts our political, economic and legal culture. Now let’s consider Thomas Jefferson’s definitions of citizenship and freedom. Volumes have been written [...]
