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A symbol of our industrial consumer culture?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What does a lowly plastic spoon have to say about American economics, politics, our culture, our lifestyles, and the workings of the world?<\/p>\n

A whole lot, believe it or not.<\/p>\n

Max Temkin’s poster<\/a> sums up basically everything that is wrong with the American oil-addicted consumer economy pretty neatly in a single poster.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Really, enough said.<\/p>\n

Image credit: <\/strong>flickr via mikko<\/a>, Max Temkin<\/a><\/p>\n

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What does a lowly plastic spoon have to say about American economics, politics, our culture, our lifestyles, and the workings of the world? A whole lot, believe it or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":13117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,79,13],"tags":[3018,5175,128,523,5176],"yoast_head":"\nOil Addiction and the Plastic Spoon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Is the plastic spoon a fitting symbol of oil addiction in America? 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