Rushkoff: "Brands strive be cults, while religions strive to become brands... there are products and professionals to fill in where family and community have failed us... Sometimes it feels as if there’s just not enough air in the room. People who used to know better now condemn Wikipedia for refusing to accept ads on their site - as if there were no justifiable reason to do anything if not for the money... how we can reconnect with the real and get ourselves out of this mess"
Rev Billy: "Real progress will be local. A Vision of the Local now appears before us. Local-lujah! We don't defer to celebrities, to suits in skyscrapers, to the theater of power in the glamorous distance. What do we have right here? ...This is the first year in fifty that no super malls are opening in the continental United States... The environment of pavement and ads and cars broke up our human connections, our talking to each other, the unhurried richness of neighborhood life. And the prosperity? Our money went back to corporate headquarters. And where is that? Often, we had no idea. We find the extraordinary in the ordinary. Stop and trade names with a neighbor, touching hands, not hurrying away from the eyes... This is the basic healing that we need now across our country. Do you hear my preaching? It's clear now - We were forced into isolation. We were taken from each other - that's what we allowed them to do to us. We are getting to know each other again. This is the stuff of our new economy. It will grow and we won't let it go this time. Local-lujah!"
Rev Billy: "Real progress will be local. A Vision of the Local now appears before us. Local-lujah! We don't defer to celebrities, to suits in skyscrapers, to the theater of power in the glamorous distance. What do we have right here? ...This is the first year in fifty that no super malls are opening in the continental United States... The environment of pavement and ads and cars broke up our human connections, our talking to each other, the unhurried richness of neighborhood life. And the prosperity? Our money went back to corporate headquarters. And where is that? Often, we had no idea. We find the extraordinary in the ordinary. Stop and trade names with a neighbor, touching hands, not hurrying away from the eyes... This is the basic healing that we need now across our country. Do you hear my preaching? It's clear now - We were forced into isolation. We were taken from each other - that's what we allowed them to do to us. We are getting to know each other again. This is the stuff of our new economy. It will grow and we won't let it go this time. Local-lujah!"
