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Episode #181 - Potemkin Nation (The Illusion of US Post Peak Oil Prosperity) |
| ⌚ Sat 23 August 2003 ☻Ellen Maiani, Phillip Berg, James Howard Kunstler, Jeff Schmidt (reading) |
 Download Hour1 Download Hour2This week, travels in a Potemkin nation. Some of the sights on our tour: deadly zombie shoppers, the prospects for suburbia when the oil runs out, and uncovering the truth about 9/11, and ending by reading chapter 6 of Disciplined Minds, The Division of Labor. |
Something that appears elaborate and impressive but in actual fact lacks substance:
In 1787, when Catherine the Great visited the Ukraine and the Crimea, Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, a Russian army officer, statesman, and her lover, decided to put up elaborate cardboard houses apparently full of splendor in the villages Catherine was shown. While this set-up depicted an illusion of prosperity, the real condition of the village was hidden behind this façade.★ Start a Discussion about this episode (Login Required)
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