tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post6169344893455606408..comments2024-03-29T14:26:19.827+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Shifting Sand.Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-2899159476336286232020-09-05T09:39:59.651+12:002020-09-05T09:39:59.651+12:00https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/04/yani...https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/04/yanis-varoufakis-capitalism-isnt-working-heres-an-alternative<br /><br />This is an interesting exploration of that very question. Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-90150026021012891682020-09-04T09:26:10.364+12:002020-09-04T09:26:10.364+12:00I suppose it is cheaper than getting it from the S...I suppose it is cheaper than getting it from the Sahara ?<br /><br />There used to be a program about Brits who do up an old building in an idylic place and make a killing. Meanwhile a dirt poor peasant stands by. When I first went to Queenstown an old lady of about 80 sat on a bench looking across at the mountains and lake. A little later Taiwanese tourists swarmed around her as the bench was by a bus stop. There's something about being there owning nothing yet feeling a part of it and being in an <i>owned</i> landscape. John Hurleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-32139185728494567692020-09-03T18:49:12.920+12:002020-09-03T18:49:12.920+12:00As research and history has shown:
Capitalism wil...As research and history has shown:<br /><br /><i>Capitalism will inevitably destroy the society that it arises in.</i><br /><br />Unfortunately, the society this time is global and thus so will be the destruction so there's good odds that not only will this corrupt society be destroyed but so will humanity.Draco TBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06765506075559300004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-31553507795732481192020-09-03T18:19:38.056+12:002020-09-03T18:19:38.056+12:00Same concrete cancer affected NZs longest pier at ...Same concrete cancer affected NZs longest pier at Te Puia Springs<br />Wrt ME environmental tragedies , Fisk wrote a terribly sad one a couple of yrs back on how Lebanon's progressively losing all its famed Cedar forests to relentless uncontrolled quarrying to build more Beirut. Andrew Nicholsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-24160620201905477772020-09-03T11:36:59.674+12:002020-09-03T11:36:59.674+12:00If I remember correctly, the first Porirua mental ...If I remember correctly, the first Porirua mental hospital was built with sand collected from beaches and pretty much fell down a few years later. I have seen photographs of the attempts to buttress it – didn't work. Of course you can't post pictures of it here on this archaic website, but here is a link. I don't know if the museum still exists, but it used to be well worth a visit.<br /><br />https://poriruahospitalmuseum.flh.nz/the%20porirua%20lunatic%20asylumGuerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-86860027751354289262020-09-03T11:22:57.781+12:002020-09-03T11:22:57.781+12:00Ever the pessimist Chris. Thankfully your essay re...Ever the pessimist Chris. Thankfully your essay reveals or describes the stark reality of "actually existing capitalism" very well. This in itself is an act, and an invitation for others to act to change (or, rather, rescue) the world from itself.<br />Forward to the 'worldwide spring'. Len Richardsnoreply@blogger.com