You can’t change the world, but you can change yourself. That adage suits consumer capitalism perfectly, since the … - Madeleine Bunting

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My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters.

Madeleine Bunting

You can’t change the world, but you can change yourself. That adage suits consumer capitalism perfectly, since the illusion of changing ourselves is a successfully maintained through shopping.

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So far in facing this huge [peak oil] challenge, our political
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Reducing consumption is imperative, but it's pointless to cut out meat and cars while having lots of children.

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What Alpha offers, and what is attracting thousands of people, is permission, rare in secular culture, to discuss the big questions - life and death and their meaning.

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