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blindpig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 08:28 AM
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7. Absolutely spot on.

Nothing wrong with that stuff, except that it gives people the false impression that they are effecting change by these acts instead of attacking the issue of the economic system which by it's own logic produces these maladies.
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  -Forget Shorter Showers: Why personal change does not equal political change Hannah Bell  Aug-03-09 07:43 AM   #0 
  - Recommend  TexasObserver   Aug-03-09 07:44 AM   #1 
  - I'm glad I know what the word "externality" means.  BlooInBloo   Aug-03-09 07:54 AM   #2 
  - Because it gives the appearance of having power.  tomreedtoon   Aug-03-09 08:05 AM   #3 
  - amen to that.  nashville_brook   Aug-03-09 08:30 AM   #8 
  - Thom Hartmann did a segment on this subject not long ago.  OwnedByFerrets   Aug-03-09 08:05 AM   #4 
  - In Chicago, some have opted for metered water, which has proven costly to families.  DailyGrind51   Aug-03-09 08:48 AM   #10 
  - I think of it as practice for the time when the system screeches to a halt. nt  Mist   Aug-03-09 08:12 AM   #5 
  - I think of it as a way of life I prefer and have long preferred.  cali   Aug-03-09 08:19 AM   #6 
  - Absolutely spot on.  blindpig   Aug-03-09 08:28 AM   #7 
  - So bringing down the Hitlers of this world will save us from  lunatica   Aug-03-09 08:40 AM   #9 
  - He's not saying don't bother to live simply, he's saying don't think that's all we need to do.  glitch   Aug-03-09 08:59 AM   #11 
     - legitimate hope  humus   Aug-03-09 09:34 AM   #12 
        - Did you mean to respond to my post or to the OP? nt  glitch   Aug-03-09 11:00 AM   #13 
           - meant for OP  humus   Aug-03-09 11:33 AM   #14 
              - Belated welcome to DU humus! nt  glitch   Aug-03-09 11:50 AM   #15 
 

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