At least according to some people.
The introduction of electricity has caused the “destruction” of cultures in the third world, according the editor of an environmental website. He says “there’s a lot of quality to be had in poverty.”
“I don’t think a lot of electricity is a good thing. It is the fuel that powers a lot of multi-national imagery,” said Gar Smith, editor of the Earth Island Institute’s online journal the Edge, in an interview with CNSNews.com’s Marc Morano.
Faffing Luddites. Read the rest of this Weekly Standard article by Katherine Mangu-Ward at Fox News.