I find there is an interesting contradiction in Curtis' editorial, he criticises UK Uncut for refusing to acknowledge leadership in their group, and at the end hails the ants that destroyed the Biosphere 2 experiment as an example of 'collective action' yet, UK Uncut is collective action, and ants have no leaders ... this makes his argumentation rather paradoxical, no? On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Kevin Flanagan <[email protected]>wrote:
How the 'ecosystem' myth has been used for sinister means - Adam Curtis - Guardian
When, in the 1920s, a botanist and a field marshal dreamed up rival theories of nature and society, no one could have guessed their ideas would influence the worldview of 70s hippies and 21st-century protest movements. But their faith in self-regulating systems has a sinister history
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/29/adam-curtis-ecosystems-tan...
Episode 1 of his current documentary is up on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX5jImWRREc
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