“The reality is that our economy now consists of driving 250 million vehicles around the suburbs and malls and eating fried chicken. We don't manufacture much. We just burn up ever scarcer petroleum in the ever-expanding suburbs built with mortgage money lent to people who haven't a clue.” PeopleRealityMillionsEconomyHavensEatingBuiltDrivingChickensVehicleConsumerismClueExpandingMortgageSuburbsMallsOverconsumptionFried ChickenPetroleum Book:Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War Source: Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War
“Supporting local farmers is important to me, which is not only good for the local economy and better for the environment, there is evidence that eating locally grown food strengthens your immune system.” ImportantEconomyEnvironmentEatingEvidenceLocalsFarmersImmuneImmune System Author:Suzanne Whang
“There is a profound injustice at the heart of the American economy. You look at the media and realize that these corporate-run commercial entities are failing to give Americans the information they need to make informed choices. You look at the food we're eating and the obesity epidemic and realize there is something fundamentally wrong about our nutritional habits. So across the board there is something fundamentally unjust about every aspect of our personal lives.” GivingHeartChoicesRealizingEconomyFailingHabitEatingProfoundInjusticePersonal LifeObesity Author:Kalle Lasn
“Globalization in part means that a lot of people are walking into the room and in some cases becoming influential or even dominant voices in the conversation. Sometimes they are like party-crashers coming in and pushing people around, scooping up the valuables and eating up the food in the frig - bribing political leaders, undermining traditional economies and the ways of life that are interwoven with them, replacing them with new economic models that effectively exploit developing countries for their labor and resources.” PeopleMeanCountrySometimesPoliticalLeaderEconomyEconomicWalkingEatingLaborGlobalizationInfluential Author:David Wong
“I don't want an entire world full of people just drinking Coca-Cola and eating McDonald's hamburgers and listening to American pop records. That would be a lesser world. I hope the cultural diversity is rich and is able to survive the Westernization of their economies.” PeopleWorldEconomyRichListeningDiversityEatingDrinking Author:Robert Wyatt