It is not in capitalism's DNA to care about the death of the earth.
Nor is it in the brain chemistry of an American satiated on prime beef and sailing across the landscape at 70 miles per hour in a $40,000, steel exoskeleton from General Motors, to care. Hominid gratification is what it is -- hard wired -- and there is no circumventing it.
Source:
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/joe-bageant/28713/lost-on-the-fearless-plain
General Motors begins the process to close Swedish carmaker Saab, but says it is continuing efforts to find a buyer.
Negotiators hope to finalize a merger agreement between General Motors and Chrysler before the presidential election and are ...
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http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2008-10-19-gm-chrysler_N.htm?csp=34
For General Motors Corp. to acquire Chrysler LLC and all of its warts, GM would have to get desperately needed cash.
Lots of it, according to industry analysts.
Get the low-down here:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081011/gm_chrysler_merger_talks.html?.v=22
