Joe Romm has a great post today examining how the New York Times Sunday Magazine, that bastion of convoluted, heaving articles about 'the way society is going' has now equated 'sustainability' with 'consumerism'. Amazing, well done NY Times.
Here's the winning paragraph (Romm's highlights in bold)
"The larger idea is to build a more sustainable economy, or what Chinese leaders have called a balanced and harmonious society. In that economy, families would not have to save 20 percent of their income in order to pay for schooling and medical care, as many do now. They would instead be able to afford more of the comforts of modern life — better housing, clothing, transportation and communication. In time, China would become the world’s next great consumer society."
Right. Does the NY Times have like an intern they can get on sense-checking this stuff? That would be great from my perspective.
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