Nature to economists are only "resources" to be used anthropocentrically by ("civilized") humans. They are not forests, not rivers, not living beings, but rather lumber, hydroelectricity, trophy heads, etc. Our perception of nature is fucked as our globalized economy is based upon the systematic hyperexploitation and extraction of resources (earth) and turning it into deadness, products to be bought, pollution, "corruption".
Nooo! People need to stop generalizing economists as greedy people!!!! I am both a nature lover and an economics major :)
Nooo! People need to stop generalizing economists as greedy people!!!! I am both a nature lover and an economics major :)
But I think you hit the nail on the head with interpreting the song (and your comment is very articulate). It's like society has turned into an cold, emotionless machine extracting oil, cutting down trees, building smoke-stack factories, to gain more power, drive more growth, and expand only to convert more life into manufactured products (almost like a growing virus) just so we can sit on our fat asses and stare at the glowing plasma screen all day like robots because the jersey shore marathon is on.
"All the birds and all that grows are
Tapping at the natives in my soul"
"Nature's corrupted In factories far away"
Nature to economists are only "resources" to be used anthropocentrically by ("civilized") humans. They are not forests, not rivers, not living beings, but rather lumber, hydroelectricity, trophy heads, etc. Our perception of nature is fucked as our globalized economy is based upon the systematic hyperexploitation and extraction of resources (earth) and turning it into deadness, products to be bought, pollution, "corruption".
Nooo! People need to stop generalizing economists as greedy people!!!! I am both a nature lover and an economics major :)
Nooo! People need to stop generalizing economists as greedy people!!!! I am both a nature lover and an economics major :)
But I think you hit the nail on the head with interpreting the song (and your comment is very articulate). It's like society has turned into an cold, emotionless machine extracting oil, cutting down trees, building smoke-stack factories, to gain more power, drive more growth, and expand only to convert more life into manufactured products (almost like a growing virus) just so we can sit on our fat asses and stare at the glowing plasma screen all day like robots because the jersey shore marathon is on.
"All the birds and all that grows are Tapping at the natives in my soul"