This week’s selected media: June 18, 2023
Among what I read and watched this week:
John Perkins The Secret History of the American Empire: The Truth About Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and How to Change the World: John was a podcast guest after his most recent book, Touching the Jaguar. Then a mutual friend mentioned his name. I decided to email him and before I did decided to browse The Secret History. I couldn’t stop. I was equally engaged by the writing and mortified by the global situation he described.
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Regular readers know how much I’ve been reading about empire, including Heart of Darkness and King Leopold’s Ghost, after focusing on abolition, slavery, and colonialism. I didn’t mean to stumble on Secret History, but it fit. It’s very relevant to sustainability, as he covers in the book.
Like his Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, which I read maybe ten years ago, it’s easy to be skeptical reading some parts that seem too much, but he keeps mentioning things that connect it to history. I find it credible. The last chapter is eerily similar to sentiments I want to write in my book.
I highly recommend it.
I also watched several Michael Albert videos (here’s his Wikipedia page), after Daniel, host of the What Is Politics? podcast spoke highly of him.
I also watched a video on electric vehicles, Electric Vehicles: Arthur Berman, Pedro Prieto, & Simon Michaux | Reality Roundtable, including podcast guest Simon Michaux. It’s yet another resource showing that electric vehicles are not remotely a panacea. They hardly make a difference. Proven solutions done all around the world but resisted in America, such as fewer roads and a different culture, are a start.
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