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From: LindyBill	7/9/2009 5:51:15 PM
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The Clown Prince, Again [Andrew Stuttaford] Via the Independent: Capitalism and consumerism have brought the world to the brink of economic and environmental collapse, the Prince of Wales has warned in a grandstand speech which set out his concerns for the future of the planet. The heir to the throne told an audience of industrialists and environmentalists at St James's Palace last night that he had calculated that we have just 96 months left to save the world. And in a searing indictment on capitalist society, Charles said we can no longer afford consumerism and that the "age of convenience" was over. To which all one can reply is "long live the Queen." Fortunately, her mother lived to be over 100, so the omens are good. Charles's comment is, of course, rooted in a lethal blend of sub-druidical mysticism, half-digested learning, and an acute grasp of the reality that the biggest threat to his own social and economic status (short of a Cromwellian revival) is the social and economic mobility that capitalism manages — more often than not — to bring in its wake. The Corner on National Review Online (9 July 2009) corner.nationalreview.com

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