[Marxism] Re: Jared Diamond's "Collapse": conclusion

["Nestor Gorojovsky" <nestorgoro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Respuesta a:"Marxism Digest, Vol 19, Issue 21"
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Con fecha:7 May 2005, a las 20:10

> Message: 22
> Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 22:10:33 -0400
> From: Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Marxism] Jared Diamond's "Collapse": conclusion
> To: marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, pen-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Jared Diamond?s ?Collapse? is best understood as the environmentalist
> cousin to recent books and articles by Joseph Stiglitz, George Soros
> and Jeffrey Sachs warning about the dangers of globalization. For the
> economists, the present world economic system is a ticking time-bomb
> that might drag down rich and poor alike. For Diamond the
> environmentalist, the refusal to husband resources such as forests,
> fish and clean water will lead to the collapse of modern-day societies
> just as surely as wasteful practices led to Mayan or Easter Island
> collapse. Since Diamond and the economists all believe in the
> inviolability of the capitalist system, there is a certain cognitive
> dissonance at work in their writings. They harp on the symptoms, but
> stop short at identifying the root cause.

This article is one of the best things I have ever read on the issue.

I bow at Lou Pr's wit and wisdom.

Néstor Miguel Gorojovsky
nestorgoro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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