Lynn Harsh appears on the Glenn Beck Show to discuss "The Story of Stuff"

Lynn Harsh appears on the Glenn Beck Show to discuss "The Story of Stuff" before his visit to Seattle, WA.

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[rpstumpf]

Very interesting; I like to have two viewpoints presented to our children, not one viewpoint with an agenda. I hope schools will show both, then have open and honest discussion time.

[ThoseWhoStayUofM]

@Gamefreak7890 "A video about not being wasteful consumers and recycling is viewed as propaganda?"

That's not all that it is about. It points out patently false "problems" with the free-market system we use such as claiming it destroys forests (when it actually maintains them better than any other system), it is harmful to consumers (when it is actually the most helpful to consumers), it takes advantage of poor nations (when it actually generates wealth in poorer nations), etc.

[1androo2]

@DiscoverTheTruth12 ohhhhhh..... so capitalism made life too easy for humans, and as a result the human race reproduced at rates that test the capacity of the Globe? i'm glad you clarified it for me.

[JackBlair2]

@DiscoverTheTruth12 Your first to lines are true, as far as it goes. Yes, population grew.

The rest of your post is based on dubious premises.

[DiscoverTheTruth12]

Planned obsolescence is a fact. Just as the Story of Stuff states. The corporations don't build things to last anymore. My old CD player lasted a few months. My OLD washer/Dryer set was built like a tank. Lasted nearly 24 years (I bought it used). My new set, even though I bought the same brand and paid top dollar for it lasted less than 8 years. Leaks, broken belts...etc. non-stop trouble.

And our PC's are considered OLD in just a few years. They update the CPU and toss in a bigger HD.

[DiscoverTheTruth12]

The Story of Stuff is right.

In 1930 our world population was just over 2 Billion.

In 2005 our world population was at 6.5 Billion.

We can't keep up with the destruction of a limited amount of resources on our planet if we consume them faster and faster and keep polluting our water, land, air and our bodies?

Beck is only railing on this film because it said Tides Foundation on it.

It's a political agenda, nothing else and Beck knows it.

[ViolaCrysis]

@ThoseWhoStayUofM

Thank you for correcting my mistakes.

[ThoseWhoStayUofM]

@ViolaCrysis "We are chopping down forests to support our economy"

That's not true. In fact, the US has maintained it's level of forests for hundreds of years. The Amazon is losing it's forests though. This is due to the fact that it is owned by the governmnet who has an incentive to cut down it's resources in exchange for political gain. Politicians have zero incentive devote tax dollars to maintaining the forest because it offers zero political gain to do so.

[ThoseWhoStayUofM]

@ViolaCrysis "How do free markets 'maintain' forests?"

Lumber is a natural resource on any given plot of land. When a tree is cut down, that resource is gone unless a new tree is replanted in it's place. If individuals own acres of land, they have strong incentive to maintain the resources on that land to increase it's worth. Government's don't hold this same incentive since often they are impacted by what will get them the most votes rather than what will earn them the most money.

[ViolaCrysis]

These people in the video represent the CORPORATIONS in The Story of Stuff. Mr. Beck has it all wrong. That woman worked in economics, so she's probably interested in getting the MOST MONEY POSSIBLE, which means we, the consumer, need to BUY. I'm sorry if this offends you, but Beck is an idiot, and this is coming from a 13-year old child.