[independentmind]

For a scathing critique of globalization, you may want to read this:

The Idea of a Local Economy by Wendell Berry

and this:

Thoughts in the Presence of Fear by Wendell Berry

I considered posting the articles, but thought I might get booted from FR.:)

[independentmind]

You may be interested in #77.

[Askel5]

Believe me, if you get booted (before me), I'm walking and not looking back.

No hard feelings, of course ... I'll have fond memories of FR, some good friends and the highest hopes that it will work out as a dating service once it's thoroughly routed of any semblance to its original purpose or profile.

[cicero's_son]

Corporatism::Capitalism::Islamism:Islam A gross oversimplification, but a useful one I think. Corporatism and modernism are indistinguishable, imo. They both see people as "resources," and deny anything beyond the material.

More insidiosly, they both use powerful semiotics (see, "The International Style" in architecture) and a borderline occult (Gnostic?) insight over the human psyche to manipulate the course of history.

Anyway, thanks for the links. I've bookmarked them for later reading.