seeking response. ~gwendolyn
from �Southbound,� an independent film on chipmills (esp in the
Southeast United States) produced by Doug Hawes-Davis.
�So chipmill #5 says �I�ll buy all your timber -- at a good price,� what
are you supposed to do? The [people] in North Alabama are facing this
question and they�re saying �i haven�t seen that much money in a long
time --� if you�re broke and [someone] offers you alot of money, what
are you gonna do? It really is a fundamental question. It isn't
illegal to sell the trees -- in fact, Alabama society would encourage
you -- profit! Profit�s very big down here. So, these guys are kinda
stuck. What are they supposed to do, say �No, I�m not gonna sell you my
five acres�? What you�re raising is -- these questions are not
environmental, they go much deeper into the fabric of society. Should
we be a capitalist system? Maybe that�s what you oughta ask. Should we
be consumers? Should we have a country that worships the accumulation
of wealth? That�s what capital ISM is. ISM, the way ----- of wealth
[capital]. Should we be a nation of consumer ISM? The worship of
accumulation and consuming. I think these are fundamental questions
that, frankly, I�m not sure that we should be a capitalist system. I
don't like communism worth a damn, either. But somewhere, we have
obviously screwed up because we�re destroying America�.
~Ned Mudd, Writer/Attourney
