CRUSADE OF THE BUBBLES: Reflections on the Missionary Conquests of Capitalism IMAGE: A mounted knight in armor carrying a Christian cross against the backdrop of a cross-shaped poem surrounded by raindrops with a candle in the foreground. Tim: Many Americans have a crusader mentality. Kris: I know. Graham Allison has made the same observation. When faith overtakes common sense, any of us can become blind. Terri: Yet today what are we really crusading for? More profit and geo-political domination? Sam: That's only part of it. Mammon wants the minds and hearts of the inhabitants of this planet . . . ================================================================================= from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: Some thoughts about merchantile missionaries and economic domination KEYWORDS: crusaders for mammon, blinding beliefs, capitalistic missionaries Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 2009 in Tokyo, Japan / Finished: 2020 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/eve.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/fascist.htm