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How Steve Jobs Turned Technology — And Apple — Into Religion

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Red Ice Creations - 9/03/13, by Red Ice Creations


 

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

~John F. Kennedy



Steve Jobs being dead hasn’t diminished the power of his name, or the Apple brand. In fact, it has only reinforced the ’spirituality’ of the company he left behind - the company, many can demonstrate, has been deliberately honed into a cult-like religious orthodoxy.

Brett T. Robinson, author of Appletopia: Media Technology and the Religious Imagination of Steve Jobs describes in several articles how Jobs crafted a business model that makes products and a brand a ’gateway to enlightenment’, how brick-and-mortar storefronts act as cathedrals, and how Jobs transformed modern western culture to have faith that "technology always means human progress".

Following, Red Ice TV goes into the occult origins of the Apple logo in Symbolism In Logos, and how it is used to reinforce ideas of religiosity in consumer products.

Romanians protest for second day against gold mine

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The Guardian - 9/03/13, Reuters

Canadian firm's plan to mine for gold and silver would destroy four mountain tops and wipe out three villages, campaigners say

Rosia Montana, Romania

Rosia Montana, above, is where firms want to mine for gold but protesters say it will wreck the environment as cynaide will be used for mining. Photograph: Karen Robinson

 

Protesters gathered in Romania's capital Bucharest late on Monday for a second day of protests against the government's support for a plan to open Europe's biggest open-cast gold mine.

 

Protesting Activists' Firings, Walmart Workers Plan the Biggest Mobilization Since Black Friday

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The Nation - 9/03/13, Josh Eidelson


Sixty-four-year-old David Cruse, who worked at the Walmart in Baldwin Hills for eight years but has retired, participates in the Walmart strike on October 4, 2012.
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Walmart workers and supporters plan to mount protests in fifteen cities Thursday, a mobilization that the union-backed group OUR Walmart expects will be its largest since last November’s Black Friday strike. This week’s rallies follow an August 22 civil disobedience action at which the campaign announced a Labor Day deadline for Walmart to raise its wages to at least $25,000 per year, and reverse the terminations of twenty workers who participated in a June strike.

Millions to March Against 9/11 Affiliated Fear

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World Bulletin - 8/28/13

 

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The American Muslim Political Action Committee (AMPAC) is aiming to bring one million Americans together in Washington on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

In his statement Alam said that the 9/11 terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 against the World Trade Center in New York were not conducted by Muslims and "small but powerful group of people seized America, and abolished the freedoms which were gained with much difficulty, as the result of the 9/11 attacks," he stated.

More: WorldBulletin.net

 

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