Myths of Our Time

Some common myths we live with today:

• A car can be considered beautiful
• It's possible to win a war on terror
• It's better to drive than to walk or ride a bike
• Leaf blowers are necessary
• Meat is essential to our diet
• Time can be wasted, or lost
• Water is better if it's packaged in plastic bottles
• Growing hemp to produce the myriad products it is capable of will lead the world down a perilous path toward heroin addiction
• McDonald's, Coca Cola, WalMart and their ilk need to expand into international markets
• We need more highways
• We need more housing and commercial development
• We need to find more oil
• We need an economy that relies on the production of material goods to continue to grow
• One person's god can be better or different from another's person's god
• Religious faith can justify hatred or violence
• A TV series that celebrates a serial killer is OK
• A movie that shows consensual sex is not OK
• Heterosexuality is normal; anything else is not
• Everyone has the same opportunity to succeed in a capitalist society
• A wall between the U.S. and Mexico will stop poor people from seeking a better life
• Ann Coulter can be considered beautiful