THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

"The United States does not have an automatic call on our resources. There is no mind-set that puts this country first."-- Cyrill Stewert, Chief Financial Officer of Colgate-Palmolive Corporation

 

The Borg: A Financial Allegory

The money system is eerily Borg-like. Because it structurally requires growth, it works relentlessly to assimilate all forms of capital. The natural consequence is that everything must be for sale. Values of freedom, independence, self-reliance, and even conservation are subservient to the goal of growth—which is really just growth of the financial Borg, not human welfare or the security of a habitable planet.

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