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Nova Spivack: Proposal For A New Constitutional Amendment: A Separation of Corporation and State
Nova Spivack: Proposal For A New Constitutional Amendment: A Separation of Corporation and State
‘Today corporations are becoming the single most powerful force shaping our societies and governments. While corporations have great potential to benefit society and even governments, they are entirely selfish entities – they have no accountability to the public, and no responsibility to ensure the public good. A government that is influenced by corporations can easily become a government that caters to corporations, a government that is effectively run by corporations. Such a government is not representative of its people anymore. It is therefore not a democracy.’
·novaspivack.com·
Nova Spivack: Proposal For A New Constitutional Amendment: A Separation of Corporation and State
Squashed: On Those "Entitled" Twenty-somethings
Squashed: On Those "Entitled" Twenty-somethings
“Apparently people in their 20s are a bunch of entitled whiners. I also hear we’re afraid of hard work. I’m rather sick of hearing it. Of course we have a sense of entitlement—we had an understanding with the older generation. We followed through with our half of the deal. What happened? Let’s talk a bit about generational justice.” As a commenter puts it: “I’m a tired of hearing a generation that got everything handed to them (I’m looking at you baby-boomers) bungle everything up so badly and then badmouth the generation that has to clean up their mess (e.g. the national debt, the planet, the educational system, and so on).” See also my notes on that NYTimes article: http://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:a83c50952510
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Squashed: On Those "Entitled" Twenty-somethings
NYTimes.com: What Is It About 20-Somethings?
NYTimes.com: What Is It About 20-Somethings?
Finally got around to reading this. I still can't reconcile the problem, but this is a very thorough analysis. My hunch is that it isn't exactly an undiscovered life stage or nothing but spoiled kids, but rather a confluence of factors stemming from stuff like 'extended adolescence' (and the provision thereof by parents, college atmospheres, and the entertainment industry), the recession, the internet, and an increasingly ineffectual educational system.
·nytimes.com·
NYTimes.com: What Is It About 20-Somethings?