The schedules are crammed with shows urging us to travel further, drive faster, build bigger, buy more, yet none of them are deemed to offend the rules, which really means that they don't offend the interests of business or the pampered sensibilities of the Aga class. The media, driven by fear and advertising, are hopelessly biased towards the consumer economy and against the biosphere. β¨ Civilisation ends with a shutdown of human concern. Are we there already? by George Monbiot, www.theguardian.com. October 29, 2007.
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