Verso Books | Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are the new Christopher Columbus | Raj Patel @VersoBooks | Uploaded 6 years ago | Updated 5 hours ago
"The modern-day Christopher Columbus is someone who is very excited by colonialism and vast amounts of money. Someone who exploits their workers and depends on that historical layering of exploitation that runs from badly paid wage workers to slavery. Someone who is celebrated as a hero around the world. Someone like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk" - Raj Patel is the co-author of A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet versobooks.com/books/2783-a-history-of-the-world-in-seven-cheap-things
"The modern-day Christopher Columbus is someone who is very excited by colonialism and vast amounts of money. Someone who exploits their workers and depends on that historical layering of exploitation that runs from badly paid wage workers to slavery. Someone who is celebrated as a hero around the world. Someone like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk" - Raj Patel is the co-author of A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet versobooks.com/books/2783-a-history-of-the-world-in-seven-cheap-things
