In a 1968 speech, Robert Kennedy criticized _____________ because "it counts air pollution and cigarette advertising and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for the people who break them. It counts the destruction of the redwoods and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl. It counts napalm and it counts nuclear warheads, and armored cars for the police to fight riots in our cities."

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Kennedy's speech criticized GDP (Gross Domestic Product) as a measure of a nation's well-being because it includes spending on negative and destructive activities, suggesting it does not accurately reflect the quality of life or societal progress.

In a 1968 Speech, Robert Kennedy Criticized _____________ Because "It