Submitted by erinn (not verified) on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 02:42.
Well I think that what this video and "The UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security" are dealing with the same issues that Ruppert is talking about. After watching it though, and seeing your comment, I think that I should clarify the issue of "scaremongering", at least how I see it. While I think that video like this are scary and that the future of our civilization has the potential to be frightening, I don't think that Ruppert should be classified as "scaremongering" per se. Global dependence on oil and the ongoing environmental crises of the time is incredibly frightening. The focus of my critique though is that there doesn't seem to be any response or security that are offered by Ruppert and his group. His lack of a gendered and racial analysis doesn't really provide the path for the "freedom" that he seems to be implying we're slowly loosing. Because his is unable or unwilling to understand the ways in which race, gender, and class have lead to the oppression of certain communities, his analysis of the moment, I believe, is severely limited.
the concept of "no one being free if someone is being oppressed" popped into my head while watching this video. I think it's a significant stretch for corporations to make, but we should be cognizant of the fact that they are still corporations and they do still operate under the premises of capitalism (ie. they do this shit for money. period.) groups like Arup have been known to start supposed "eco-friendly" projects, highly funded by other corporations and government funds, with limited to zero results (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/23/greenwash-dongtan-ecoc... ). Along with this, if I'm not mistaken, Richard Branson did his portion of this video from his private island that he owns. Putting your environmental eggs in the basket of a man that thinks there's nothing wrong about owning an ISLAND isn't a good move in my opinion.
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Well I think that what this
Well I think that what this video and "The UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security" are dealing with the same issues that Ruppert is talking about. After watching it though, and seeing your comment, I think that I should clarify the issue of "scaremongering", at least how I see it. While I think that video like this are scary and that the future of our civilization has the potential to be frightening, I don't think that Ruppert should be classified as "scaremongering" per se. Global dependence on oil and the ongoing environmental crises of the time is incredibly frightening. The focus of my critique though is that there doesn't seem to be any response or security that are offered by Ruppert and his group. His lack of a gendered and racial analysis doesn't really provide the path for the "freedom" that he seems to be implying we're slowly loosing. Because his is unable or unwilling to understand the ways in which race, gender, and class have lead to the oppression of certain communities, his analysis of the moment, I believe, is severely limited.
the concept of "no one being free if someone is being oppressed" popped into my head while watching this video. I think it's a significant stretch for corporations to make, but we should be cognizant of the fact that they are still corporations and they do still operate under the premises of capitalism (ie. they do this shit for money. period.) groups like Arup have been known to start supposed "eco-friendly" projects, highly funded by other corporations and government funds, with limited to zero results (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/23/greenwash-dongtan-ecoc... ). Along with this, if I'm not mistaken, Richard Branson did his portion of this video from his private island that he owns. Putting your environmental eggs in the basket of a man that thinks there's nothing wrong about owning an ISLAND isn't a good move in my opinion.