tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post2019648436131955745..comments2023-10-30T05:28:11.795-04:00Comments on All Education Matters: Great Depression Deux and FukushimaCryn Johannsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08452412213997621242noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-26784495820961419412011-06-14T18:05:04.235-04:002011-06-14T18:05:04.235-04:00There is a passage from Steinbeck's: The Grape...There is a passage from Steinbeck's: The Grapes of Wrath that I am trying to locate.<br /><br />It involves a tractor operator that is about to plow down a poor "Oakie" farmer's house and thereby kick the Oakie off his land.<br /><br />Anyway, if I can recall correctly, the driver of the tractor mentions something about a financial or banking "Monster" that is a phantom of sorts, and that cannot ever be dealt with in any tangible way, head on.<br /><br />A systemic monster in other words, or at least that is the way I interpret the passage.<br /><br />So the Oakie, after hearing all of that, lowers his gun, and then lets the tractor operator plow down his home. <br /><br />And then the Oakie and his family pile all thier belongings into a broken down old vehicle and take to the road. Headed to California where there is sin worse than sinning. And piles and piles of life sustaining fruit (oranges) are doused with kerosene and set ablaze because if they are not set ablaze, the stock price of all the other oranges and related commodities would plummet.<br /><br />While the starving and homeless newly transplanted Oakies looked on, uncomprehending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-60401489526667071332011-06-14T05:21:06.808-04:002011-06-14T05:21:06.808-04:00Linh Dinh of Philadelphia has been chronicling Ame...Linh Dinh of Philadelphia has been chronicling America's economic collapse as well as the barbarisation of the American people (the latter did NOT happen in the 1930s!) in a series of over 2,800 photos. He updates his collection every day or so. http://linhdinhphotos.blogspot.com/One Who Survivednoreply@blogger.com