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How Powerful Evolutionary Forces are Transforming Seven Billion Individual Humans Into a Single Harmonious Social Organism

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” — R. Buckminster Fuller   ()>)(      
“Imagine there’s no countries, it isn’t hard to do; nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too. Imagine all the people living life in peace.” – John Lennon ()>)(
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead   ()>)(
“Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction booklet came with it.” – R. Buckminster Fuller   ()>)(
“The finally victorious way of looking at things will be the most completely impressive way to the normal run of minds.” — William James    ()>)(
“The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating a problem in a way that will allow a solution.” – Bertrand Russell          ()>)(           
“The desire to question and change things comes from the healthiest part of you.” – Gene Tashoff           ()>)(
“The essence of The Coalescence is connectivity.” — Walter Szykitka                ()>)(
“The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind.” – Bob Dylan                ()>)(
“This ain’t no foolin’ around.” – David Byrne                ()>)(
“Money is the root of all evil.” – Jesus                ()>)(
“Love conquers all.” – Virgil                ()>)(
“All you need is love.” – The Beatles            ()>)(
“Music will be thefinal uniter.” — Walter Szykitka

MEET GE, CORPORATE CITIZEN

Allow me to introduce you to General Electric, labeled by the NY Times this morning as “the nation’s largest corporation.” On second thought, let’s let GE introduce itself. Here, on its website, is how it describes its role as a corporate citizen:

“GE’s approach to corporate citizenship and to business are[sic] driven by a common understanding of the role we can play in helping to solve the world’s toughest problems. Our goals are to make money (strong, sustained economic performance), make it ethically (rigorous compliance with financial and legal rules), and make a difference (ethical actions, beyond formal requirements, to advance GE’s reputation and long-term health).”

Journalist David Kocieniewski presents quite a different picture, beginning with the fact that GE made a profit of more than $5 billion in the US last year (and a total of $14.2 billion worldwide), and paid not one cent in taxes.

At a time when the so-called “deficit hawks” are demanding cuts in services as a way to bridge the budget gap, US corporations are contributing a smaller and smaller share of the national income tax receipts, down to 6.6% last year from 30% in the mid-1950s. GE’s share was 0%. And while the Obama administration targets job creation as its top priority, who does the President choose to preside over the newly formed President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness? You might have guessed: Jeffrey R. Immelt, the head of General Electric. It is no surprise that many now believe that, in this capitalist class war between employers and employees and between sellers and buyers, Obama has clearly gone over to the other side. I anxiously await the President’s choice to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. If not Elizabeth Warren, then . . . what?

Today Curtis Mayfield sings “People Get Ready.” Because there’s a train acomin’.

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