But even so, we can all choose to live more simply. However, as I touch on, it's the deeply engrained capitalist mindset that causes so many of us to not question.
This is very interesting. It would be interesting to find out the mechanics of the supply chain that made this mound. Yes this gives capitalism a bad strike. Surely there is an alternative like making this stuff into something else. I do know what, but seems to me there is some sort of recycle such as building materials.
There are companies making bicycle gloves from discarded clothing so we know it's possible. It's the grubby greedy supply chain that needs to look in the mirror for a deep reflect inwards not just outwards.
The "problem" with recycling is there is not enough money to be made. That's one of the basic problems with capitalism: profits above everything else--namely, society and the environment. Capitalism's only concern is showing a growing quarterly profit margin. The documentary, "The Corporation" details this.
Yes, thank you! As I recently wrote in a post: "To question capitalism is to look beyond the next fiscal quarter, beyond national boundaries, and beyond corporate propaganda."
You're most welcome. It's interesting that even "free thinkers" can be so rigid about certain topics. You should see how many free subscribers have unsubscribed since this post went live!
Perhaps more repurposing will be a better thing. In other words, modifying materials with minimal impacts to the environment. Regardless of the political system, humankind needs resources to live (at a minimum).
Nooooooo kidding! Wow what a dress up party that would make!! ~~~Just watched a Twitter mom standing in a children’s section in Target showing labels and marketing cutenesses on toddler clothing. Recommending a Resistance! Maybe after all this that is where these products will end up, in the middle of South America. ~~~~no, I have not darkened the door of a Target since the beginnings of the gender bathrooms issue. So I do what I can. If my gas station starts offering sippy cups with gender quips along with the 16 oz? sodas….anyway I don’t drink those…then I might have to find another station.~~~Keep in mind, in years past there used to be community uproar for display of Playboy mags in view of young children at the checkout desk. ~~~But, hey, one can see that stuff everywhere now, and anyway, few folks know the definition of “a lady” let alone “a woman”. LOL LOL. So sad BTW, Big pet peeve, not only how do you use an apostrophe, hurts my head, but why use “gentleman” for gender in your speaking and writing. “Gentleman “ I think should be retired and only used when there is real evidence of such. Otherwise, a simple “man” or “male” will suffice. Drives me nuts! “The gentleman…….who raped her” ??!! Get a grip Newsroom!!
are they still dumping clothes in the desert? good grief this is a sin if ever there was one. It is bad enough that some neighbors throw their trash in the ditch and then the wind blows in in your yard. But this is a natural preserve! I don't understand why the govt does not interfere and forbids this. But lots of docs online, show how African countries, where they try to develop tourism, have dumps everywhere. Just saw one some time ago, I think Botswana. This is everyone-s fault. If no one throws trash around this world would be clean. No animal is as dirty as a human! Next come pigs, but they do not throw plastic wrappers out!
Your points are well made and well-taken. Humans have always struggled with negative externalities and, generally, they've failed, sometimes catastrophically. Capitalism is tremendously powerful and takes that weakness to horrific levels, e.g. soil depletion or toxic dumping.
Perhaps they could send some of those to clothe the denuded mountains in British Columbia, clear-cut of forests because paper money held in underground vaults grows much faster than the trees its made of?
I think it is important to remember, this pile of clothing is not the result of capitalism, it is the result of unthinking, individual people who made a choice to simply dump into the desert. Capitalism didn't do this. People did. Normal, everyday, people. Capitalists/capitalism didn't make these individuals deciding in this industry dump into the desert. They did that all on their own. When a pile was made, others CHOSE to INDIVIDUALLY follow suit. Has nothing to do with availability of goods, it has to do with choices made by those who were tasked with being rid of the excess. These could have been sent to an impoverished area where they would be used, but greed and a lack of human compassion kept that from taking place. People did this. No matter the system of things. People could have chosen to act differently, in ANY system of things.
I'm not sure... I channelled that. I suspect there is a malign intelligence or egregore amongst us, at the highest levels of power that has tools that the puppets of the parasites are trained with to use, in "ruling" the children of goD.??? The main psy-op is division fueled by the hegelian dialect and the maya based either-or, or black and white thinking that is inculcated into the masses in childhood??? Wetiko???
So well said, Mickey - Yes ! - We need to critique capitalism but that doesn't mean we are attracted to socialism. The whole system of the military-industrial-meat-medical-pharmaceutical-media-banking -government-tech complex is rotten and corrupt and deluded to the core and wounds us all not just physically and culturally, but psychologically & spiritually & intellectually as well. Time for creativity, intuition, and discriminating awareness!
Thank you, Will! Just the fact that ANY challenge to capitalism must be prefaced with a "but I'm not socialist" caveat highlights how cultish the whole thing is.
Thank YOU, my friend. Indeed, recycling is yet another lie. I wrote a little about it here:
https://mickeyz.substack.com/p/the-entire-culture-needs-to-be-recycled
But even so, we can all choose to live more simply. However, as I touch on, it's the deeply engrained capitalist mindset that causes so many of us to not question.
This is very interesting. It would be interesting to find out the mechanics of the supply chain that made this mound. Yes this gives capitalism a bad strike. Surely there is an alternative like making this stuff into something else. I do know what, but seems to me there is some sort of recycle such as building materials.
There are companies making bicycle gloves from discarded clothing so we know it's possible. It's the grubby greedy supply chain that needs to look in the mirror for a deep reflect inwards not just outwards.
The "problem" with recycling is there is not enough money to be made. That's one of the basic problems with capitalism: profits above everything else--namely, society and the environment. Capitalism's only concern is showing a growing quarterly profit margin. The documentary, "The Corporation" details this.
Yes, thank you! As I recently wrote in a post: "To question capitalism is to look beyond the next fiscal quarter, beyond national boundaries, and beyond corporate propaganda."
Thank you, Mickey, for providing one of the very few platforms for critquing capitalism.
You're most welcome. It's interesting that even "free thinkers" can be so rigid about certain topics. You should see how many free subscribers have unsubscribed since this post went live!
Perhaps more repurposing will be a better thing. In other words, modifying materials with minimal impacts to the environment. Regardless of the political system, humankind needs resources to live (at a minimum).
Nooooooo kidding! Wow what a dress up party that would make!! ~~~Just watched a Twitter mom standing in a children’s section in Target showing labels and marketing cutenesses on toddler clothing. Recommending a Resistance! Maybe after all this that is where these products will end up, in the middle of South America. ~~~~no, I have not darkened the door of a Target since the beginnings of the gender bathrooms issue. So I do what I can. If my gas station starts offering sippy cups with gender quips along with the 16 oz? sodas….anyway I don’t drink those…then I might have to find another station.~~~Keep in mind, in years past there used to be community uproar for display of Playboy mags in view of young children at the checkout desk. ~~~But, hey, one can see that stuff everywhere now, and anyway, few folks know the definition of “a lady” let alone “a woman”. LOL LOL. So sad BTW, Big pet peeve, not only how do you use an apostrophe, hurts my head, but why use “gentleman” for gender in your speaking and writing. “Gentleman “ I think should be retired and only used when there is real evidence of such. Otherwise, a simple “man” or “male” will suffice. Drives me nuts! “The gentleman…….who raped her” ??!! Get a grip Newsroom!!
“Gentleman“ I think should be retired and only used when there is real evidence of such. Otherwise, a simple “man” or “male” will suffice.
Yes to that!
are they still dumping clothes in the desert? good grief this is a sin if ever there was one. It is bad enough that some neighbors throw their trash in the ditch and then the wind blows in in your yard. But this is a natural preserve! I don't understand why the govt does not interfere and forbids this. But lots of docs online, show how African countries, where they try to develop tourism, have dumps everywhere. Just saw one some time ago, I think Botswana. This is everyone-s fault. If no one throws trash around this world would be clean. No animal is as dirty as a human! Next come pigs, but they do not throw plastic wrappers out!
🎯 = No animal is as dirty as a human!
Your points are well made and well-taken. Humans have always struggled with negative externalities and, generally, they've failed, sometimes catastrophically. Capitalism is tremendously powerful and takes that weakness to horrific levels, e.g. soil depletion or toxic dumping.
Thanks, James!
And, as I touch on, I trust we humans can find ways to create shifts without falling into the traps of "activism."
Perhaps they could send some of those to clothe the denuded mountains in British Columbia, clear-cut of forests because paper money held in underground vaults grows much faster than the trees its made of?
Look at you with synergistic ideas! You have a future in a corporate boardroom, my friend.
I think it is important to remember, this pile of clothing is not the result of capitalism, it is the result of unthinking, individual people who made a choice to simply dump into the desert. Capitalism didn't do this. People did. Normal, everyday, people. Capitalists/capitalism didn't make these individuals deciding in this industry dump into the desert. They did that all on their own. When a pile was made, others CHOSE to INDIVIDUALLY follow suit. Has nothing to do with availability of goods, it has to do with choices made by those who were tasked with being rid of the excess. These could have been sent to an impoverished area where they would be used, but greed and a lack of human compassion kept that from taking place. People did this. No matter the system of things. People could have chosen to act differently, in ANY system of things.
"either or" is the tool of the watchers...
What do you mean?
I'm not sure... I channelled that. I suspect there is a malign intelligence or egregore amongst us, at the highest levels of power that has tools that the puppets of the parasites are trained with to use, in "ruling" the children of goD.??? The main psy-op is division fueled by the hegelian dialect and the maya based either-or, or black and white thinking that is inculcated into the masses in childhood??? Wetiko???
So well said, Mickey - Yes ! - We need to critique capitalism but that doesn't mean we are attracted to socialism. The whole system of the military-industrial-meat-medical-pharmaceutical-media-banking -government-tech complex is rotten and corrupt and deluded to the core and wounds us all not just physically and culturally, but psychologically & spiritually & intellectually as well. Time for creativity, intuition, and discriminating awareness!
Thank you, Will! Just the fact that ANY challenge to capitalism must be prefaced with a "but I'm not socialist" caveat highlights how cultish the whole thing is.
Yes, exactly!