So Brad, I disagree, it is not the perks of the office meeting or a
businessman's lunch that keeps capitalism going, it is the perverting of
life to a language that defines reality as a competition which of course is
reinforced with sciences current love affair with evolution. Let me
This is in reply to Brad McCormick's posting in which he argues that "a more
nuanced sociological inequity" is the real or more real reason that
capitalism exists. It's an interesting thought. Yes, and what about the
"mob" and "pirates", perhaps it would be better to just label them "illegal
My suggestion of starting the Basic Income with the 18-25 year old was
hinting at a possible point of departure. Let them (our youth) do with it
the way they see fit. I'm sure it couldn't be worst. Who knows, true
"educators" might just emerge from such a crowd of liberated (financially)
youths.
Jim Dator wrote:
Tor, my youngest son is in the midst of a year-long project on all things
Norwegian--religion, sports, food, rosemailing, music, drama, even
Olympic medals, it turns out--so he will find your words informative, as
do I.
But what happens even in Norway when the oil and
Excuse me if this is a reposting.
--
Jim Dator wrote:
But my concern is for those,
who for whatever reason, do not want to be, or are unable to be,
'knowledge' workers.
Will there be a place for them in our future economy? Sure, you can
retrain many workers, but we need decent jobs
On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Thomas Lunde wrote:
snip, snip, snip.
I do not think our solution will come from industrialists or from
politicians. I think our solution will come from re-educating the public to
think of what they want and then to demand that in a way that those in power
I do not think our solution will come from industrialists or from
politicians. I think our solution will come from re-educating the public to
think of what they want and then to demand that in a way that those in power
become powerless to refuse. That education can come from a disaster
Arthur Cordell wrote,
The change needed is profound. So profound that I have trouble
finding a place to start (this especially now when children are being
taught computer skills in kindergarten so they can become part of the new
'educated' workforce.)
Actually, my four-year old is quite
On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Durant wrote:
I do not think our solution will come from industrialists or from
politicians. I think our solution will come from re-educating the public to
think of what they want and then to demand that in a way that those in power
become powerless to
--
Hi all,
[Thomas Lunde wrote...]
Excuse me if this is a reposting.
--
But my concern is for those,
who for whatever reason, do not want to be, or are unable to be,
'knowledge' workers.
Will there be a place for them in our future economy? Sure, you can
retrain many workers,
Arthur Cordell wrote:
On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Thomas Lunde wrote:
snip, snip, snip.
I do not think our solution will come from industrialists or from
politicians. I think our solution will come from re-educating the public
to
think of what they want and then to demand that in a way that
Tor, my youngest son is in the midst of a year-long project on all things
Norwegian--religion, sports, food, rosemailing, music, drama, even
Olympic medals, it turns out--so he will find your words informative, as
do I.
But what happens even in Norway when the oil and fish run out? Or have the
Brad wrote:
IMO, this is the *key*.
I seem to have lost the meaning of IMO which makes it hard to understand
several of your messages. Sorry about the large print, this blankity blank
program is not following it's set up or I don't know how to set it up. Grey
hairs are multiplying.
"Tor Forde" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote:
The problem about throwing money to everybody without expecting
anything in return, is that this will throw some people into
isolation. Society ought among other things to be moral relationships
in which everybody is included. And to throw money at people
Thomas Lunde wrote:
Dear Tor:
I appreciate your posting and your eloquent comments about everyone
wanting to contribute. I seem to recall when reading the FW archives
that you tried to start a small business growing something in the sea
and that you were forced to discontinue it because
Tor Forde wrote:
The danger that a Guaranted Annual Income is posing is that it can
be a
way to put people away.
[snip]
A Guaranteed Annual Income could be regarded as a kind of
scholarship
that lasted as long as it will take for people to be able to make
it on
their own.
You know one
Tor Forde wrote:
Thomas Lunde wrote:
Dear Tor:
I appreciate your posting and your eloquent comments about everyone
wanting to contribute. I seem to recall when reading the FW archives
that you tried to start a small business growing something in the sea
and that you were forced
This post is addressed to Elinor Mosher and Saul
Silverman under the original thread. First let me thank you both for great
answers and though I have read many of Galbraith's books and have found him
excellent, I have not read this one - next trip to library. As to your
answer Saul, great
Dear Tor:
I appreciate your posting and your eloquent
comments about everyone wanting to contribute. I seem to recall when
reading the FW archives that you tried to start a small business growing
something in the sea and that you were forced to discontinue it because you
could not find
Franklin Wayne Poley wrote:
And who will decide who is most deserving of
death?
Who is deciding now whether you get welfare or
sleep on the street. Some person with a job of enforcing the criteria set
out by legislation as to who is worthy or not. In Ontario, where I live,
there are
Jim Dator [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Separating "work" entirely from access to goods and services, and
permitting/enabling people to live meaningful, satisfied lives without
"working" seems one of the biggest challenges of the present, and
foreseable future. Trying to create more jobs is futile
21 matches
Mail list logo
