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Saturday, July 27, 2013

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Peter Buffett has no taste for the 'Charitable/Industrial Complex'

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Peter Buffett has no taste for the 'Charitable/Industrial Complex':

Peter Buffett has no taste for the 'Charitable/Industrial Complex'




Warren Buffett's kid Peter, gets a seat at the power-philanthropy table. But he doesn't like what's being served up. He calls it, "Philanthropic Colonialism".
As more lives and communities are destroyed by the system that creates vast amounts of wealth for the few, the more heroic it sounds to “give back.” It’s what I would call “conscience laundering” — feeling better about accumulating more than any one person could possibly need to live on by sprinkling a little around as an act of charity. 
 And with more business-minded folks getting into the act, business