“When profit is the motor of society, destruction is considered as progress” is a saying that has been put on an image of smokestacks destroying the environment. The saying was posted on Twitter on March 9, 2013.
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David Zoaiter
@DavidZoaiter
When profit is the motor of society, destruction is considered as preogress
7:11 AM - 9 Mar 2013
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yannick
@YannickChoppy
When profit is the motor of society destruction is considered as progress. #deep
10:02 AM - 10 Mar 2013
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Jo Cartmell
@WaterVole
‘When profit is the motor of society destruction is considered as progress ... ’ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=475306019189487&set=o.412063865486311&type=1&theater … #biodiversity #sustainability
1:55 PM - 11 Mar 2013
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Youth for Ecology Singapore shared Philosophy ( philo- “loving” + sophia “knowledge” )‘s photo.
May 4, 2013 ·
[Image] “WHEN PROFIT IS THE MOTOR OF SOCIETY, DESTRUCTION IS CONSIDERED PROGRESS” ..... & Zis’ looms gloom and doom (YES IT RHYMES!)
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Wake Up America
@WakeUp__America
When profit is the motor of society destruction is considered as progress
8:55 PM - 23 Sep 2014
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Elizabeth Steiner
@steiner1969
“When profit is the motor of society
destruction is considered as progress.”
~ anonymous
photo source: Peter Kováč
12:13 PM - 27 Apr 2017
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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