[lbo-talk] Anita Roddick Prophet of Green Capitalism

[Carl Remick]

>From: "Wojtek Sokolowski" <sokol at jhu.edu>
>
>[WS:] Nice piece, James.  I wonder, however, whether Roddick invented 
>"green
>capitalism" as you claim, or rather sensed which way the winds were blowing
>and set her sails accordingly.  If the latter, as I tend to believe (as 
>many
>similar business opened on this side of the pond as well, cf. Working
>Assets, Ben &Jerry, Trader Joe's et al.) she would offer hope that the Left
>can think progressively and adapt to changing times instead of living in 
>the
>past with its head stuck up its ass.

I agree James wrote a great article, Wojtek, but you seem to have read a 
different article than I did.  I don't know how you can interpret Roddick's 
story as an inspiring one that offers "hope that the Left can think 
progressively and adapt to changing times."  Roddick's is a cautionary tale 
of self-serving entrepreneurs' chameleon-like ability to exploit the world's 
poor and line their own pockets by adopting a patina of progressivism.  
Roddick was a palpable fraud.

Carl

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