I was reading a conversation recently regarding the fact that the Oregon Zoo’s newest baby elephant is really an “asset” of some corporation.
I live in Oregon and I am actually a Portland Oregon native. I grew up with the Washington Park Zoo. Given my age and the fact that the Portland Zoo has been in my life all of my life, and given I understand some of the short-comings of zoos, I have more than just a little ambivalence regarding zoos. I think the contoversy regarding whether zoos should exist or not is very complex. Nevertheless, if you get stuck on whether there should be zoos or not when you are reading this diary then you have missed my main point.
This diary is really not about whether we should have zoos or not but how we as citizens of a rich first world super power choose to maintain/care for our public assets.
The topic of what corporations are doing to every aspect of our lives is a big one. This diary just speaks to one small part of that very large dilemma.
The title comes from terminology utilized by Thom Hartmann
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