'Every society has norms and attitudes. And one of the attitudes that makes America really genuinely different from almost anywhere else in the world is that the average American doesn’t seem to care very much about who he or she does business with. That company’s pillaging the planet? That one’s killing the dolphins? That one’s using child labour? That one’s corroding our democracy? Never mind! That’s not my problem. I just want my stuff. I need my stuff. Give me my stuff! Now!! I don’t care who else pays the hidden price!!That matters. Because capitalism’s hardly going to be able to survive if people go on acting like brain-dead zombies of pleasure — that just proves all it’s fiercest critics right. So how did Americans get here? Americans don’t care enough about who they do business with — at least historically — for many reasons...'
At eand.co
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