Silly, isn't it?

We Americans don’t know how to become outraged anymore. For instance, we seem to take as matter of fact a report (in the New York Times) that scientists are finding enormous oil plumes in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Including one as large as 10 miles long, 3 miles wide and 300 feet thick in spots. The discovery is fresh evidence that the leak from the broken undersea well could be substantially worse than estimates that the government and BP have given. Indeed, it’s sounding more like one of the biggest man-made environmental disasters of all time. But generally speaking, I think the public attitude is ho-hum. Except for people living along the gulf coast. Of course, BP says it’ll pay for the clean up. What a farce that is. BP’s customers will pay for the clean up. Down to the very last penny. It’ll be calculated in the price we pay for BP products. And you can bet that BP will continue to make annual profits in the billions. That’s the way the capitalist system works. All I can say is, down with capitalism. But that’s a shout that falls on deaf ears. So we Americans get what we deserve. Capitalism. A system in which the rich become richer and the poor become poorer. Silly, isn’t it? And we tolerate it. No significant game-changing outrage. We just live with it. –Jim Broede