Reply #17: Two Points

[Shanti Mama]

1. We are very likely to win big and then Obama and the Democratic Congress will be the big Barn that everyone will be aiming at, no matter how much they love him deep inside. That's what we humans, and Americans in particular it seems to me, do. We rip down those in power.

2. Don't forget the failed 'philosophy' of growth-based (e.g. CONSUMER) capitalism.

I live in Kathmandu. The irony of my leaving the US to get away from materialism and consumerism. Plastic food containers are all the rage, as is processed food. Meanwhile, I'm trying to get away from plastic and continue to have ALL meals cooked from scratch (we don't always actually make our pasta, but just about everything else). Granted this is only in the city but the emerging middle class here is just so dog gone excited to be able to state that their favorite leisure activity is shopping. Look at the obesity rates in India, Thailand, Malaysia. Scarey...