"An industrial capitalist society that does not recognize ecological limits but only perpetual economic expansion and has the profit motive as driver, will eventually consume and destroy itself."
"But we will all be taken down with it."
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But being back means that I will need to get back into writing my paper about gentrification and Columbia Heights. This is a daunting project because it's hard to know where to stop. Fortunately it's very engaging, if discouraging. It's also very personal. Last night I saw for the first time ever a house party of white people spilling out onto the sidewalk. Now, in and of itself I don't mind this at all. House parties can spill out onto the sidewalk on a Saturday night, that's fine. But when combined with the incoming Blockbuster and the new landscaping work, we all know what it means. And our neighbors to the west finally got lids to their trashcans so even the local rats are going to be displaced.