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Monday, January 28, 2008 12:00 AM

The C.S. Lewis take on Gates and Wal-Mart

Fake it 'til you make it: Can posturing by the titans of commerce signify true change?
Andrew Leonard

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  • Monday, January 28, 2008 04:15 PM

    Fake it till you make or Guilty Conscience ?

    Both are inexorably linked to the Conspicuos Consumption that is devouring our planet. Neither one of their companies is doing much to mitigate the problem and the only reason they can speak out is that they are not tied down by banks, both companies are self funding.

    What we have here are two attempts to change the dialog without addressing the problem of the environmental and human catastrophy caused by insatiable debt based capitalism.

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