Comments on: Post-9/11 Debt, Consumerism and Service http://lubbockleft.com/2007/09/12/post-911-debt-consumerism-and-service/ A strong progressive voice in Lubbock, TX Fri, 18 May 2012 02:06:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Lubbock Left http://lubbockleft.com/2007/09/12/post-911-debt-consumerism-and-service/#comment-134 Lubbock Left Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:06:33 +0000 http://lubbockleft.com/2007/09/12/post-911-debt-consumerism-and-service/#comment-134 Thanks Kirk. Rebuilding a sense of community and interdependence is one of my big goals in life. We've got a long way to go. Thanks Kirk. Rebuilding a sense of community and interdependence is one of my big goals in life. We’ve got a long way to go.

]]> By: Kirk Berryhill http://lubbockleft.com/2007/09/12/post-911-debt-consumerism-and-service/#comment-103 Kirk Berryhill Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:35:37 +0000 http://lubbockleft.com/2007/09/12/post-911-debt-consumerism-and-service/#comment-103 In the rush to avoid Communism, Americans have forgone Community. It's a shame. When we isolate ourselves, the entire community loses connection and we lose the benefit of having an active voice within that community. We have become TOO independent of each other and homes have become islands unto themselves as people, at first simply mindful of not being intrusive into the lives of others have grown to not even care about their neighbors. This is a great post. Uber-Capitalism is a beast that devours everything in its path. It's not what America was built upon. When Americans build an altar to Capitalism instead of paying homage to a nation of freedom, this is what we get. Love thy neighbor, or ignore them, its up to you. But we will all pay a price sooner than we think for our selfishness in the end. In the rush to avoid Communism, Americans have forgone Community. It’s a shame. When we isolate ourselves, the entire community loses connection and we lose the benefit of having an active voice within that community. We have become TOO independent of each other and homes have become islands unto themselves as people, at first simply mindful of not being intrusive into the lives of others have grown to not even care about their neighbors.

This is a great post. Uber-Capitalism is a beast that devours everything in its path. It’s not what America was built upon. When Americans build an altar to Capitalism instead of paying homage to a nation of freedom, this is what we get. Love thy neighbor, or ignore them, its up to you. But we will all pay a price sooner than we think for our selfishness in the end.

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