Thursday, March 06, 2008
INCONVENIENT WEALTH
“There is one graphic in Al Gore’s film An Inconvenient Truth that should stop capitalism dead in its tracks,” writes Clinton Callahan:
It shows a large balance with two trays. In one tray hangs planet earth. In the other tray hangs a stack of gold bars. The gold does not represent actual gold, which is only a metal that comes from the earth. The bars represent the concept of profit, Western culture’s religion – the alter upon which we are about to sacrifice our lives.
Al Gore’s wealth has increased from $2 million to at least $35 million in the last eight years.
UPDATE. Business Week’s Ron Grover on Al’s IPO:
Something about this deal just doesn’t sit right with me.
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