Peer2Politics

Rushkoff analyses the problems reflective of the qualities, and biases, of the digital media environment in which we live.

How did we get to where we are now, with Wall Street occupied by a mini-tent city while financial instruments increasingly funnel funds towards the already-wealthy? How did we get to a state where corporations seem to have more legal (and financial) access to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness than the average citizen? How did we get to a point where money is invisible and computerized, yet distributed ever more unevenly?

Continuing our serialization of Penny Nelson’s  interview with Douglas Rushkoff for HiLobrow magazine, this week the conversation turns to the emotional components of debt, the inherent structures of corporations and why men must be kept busy with the front lawn.   We recommend that you read the first part if you haven’t already, to get some context. Please, check back on Friday for the third and final installment.