It is very much related to what you are discussing.

What would it take to make Americans revolt? Darfur, Gaza, Iraq, Afghanistan. These are places where our compassion just won't engage enough to see and act in order to help another human being. But just take our cars away. I was thinking of the 1400 cars that were burned in France over New Years Eve. Just take our cars away, and there would be riots. Old, young, ill alike would be in the streets.

What does that tell you?


And this isn't about cars. This is about our depth of compassion. This is about just how self-centered we have become. Selfish. So selfish that we would let Iraqis die, but wouldn't tolerate the loss of our cars.