| Thoughts | 0 Comments | Nov 28 2007
by Hossein Askari
In its quest to control global oil and gas reserves, the U.S. has forgotten its noble heritage and is endangering its future by supporting dictators abroad. While the Middle East’s resources are a tempting prize, the continuing alienation of its people and the likelihood of wider confrontations are a recipe for disaster.
Hello all my name is Adam, and i have reading up on Donna Horoway and her Cyborg Theory. In one part she states how our economies or nation are dependent on “the appropriation of nature as resource for the productions of culture”(150) aka patriarchal capitalism. I am not going to criticize our economy (although it deserves), but the seed that was planted in my mind that our culture is dependent on “the appropriation of nature as a resource for the production” it’s very existence! This loaded sentence critically observes our separation and relationship with nature. Why do we orientated our life with a “kill or be killed” attitude with the natural world which we are a part of?
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