Every single moment on this planet from here on out, human beings are worth less. Not more; less.
Perhaps it's his deep religious heritage, perhaps it's because he's simply a very angry man, but whatever the reason, David Simon is a great embodiment of the prophetic imagination that is sketched in Walter Brueggemann's excellent book. Or at least a great embodiment of one half of that imagination - the criticism half. He goes on to pronounce that
At every given moment where this country [The U.S.] has had a choice...to exalt the value of individuals over the value of the share price, we have chosen raw, unencumbered capitalism. Capitalism has become our god.
Listen to the rest of what Simon has to say here.
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