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[Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com>]

>> How did people change from being makers of things to "consumers?"
> When our civilization was taken over by an alien species of producers,
   
  Yes, yes, its always the fault of the others, the aliens. Timeworn recipe
  for finding scapegoats with others, other people, other races. Just too 
  convenient, since it releases us of the need to look for the real problem
  which, more often then not, is much closer to home. The bad corporations
  don't make anything you don't want to buy.
   
  Dieter
   

       
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Dieter Brand wrote:

>>>How did people change from being makers of things to "consumers?"
>>
>>When our civilization was taken over by an alien species of producers,
> 
>    
>   Yes, yes, its always the fault of the others, the aliens. Timeworn recipe
>   for finding scapegoats with others, other people, other races. Just too 
>   convenient, since it releases us of the need to look for the real problem
>   which, more often then not, is much closer to home. The bad corporations
>   don't make anything you don't want to buy.
>    
>   Dieter

I think he is referring to the abuses of GE (dumping pcb in Hudson), Monsanto 
(Anniston, roundup, gmo's, ongoing),
McWane foundries, the oil industry polluters who devastated Grand Isle 
Louisana, the Golf Wars , and on and on and on.

But you are exactly right. The solution is not just closer to home but _at 
home_. Each of us can learn to survive with a 
miniscule footprint, feed ourselves, recycle evething on our property, help 
out neighbors, teach others, spread the word 
and contribute to the pool of resources, i.e. when we take something out, put 
something back.
As Woody Guthrie said "take it easy, but take it". Persevere, observe, keep 
on learning, never look back.