Re: an empirical observation

1999-02-20 Thread Christoph Reuss
Eva wrote: No, competition is not necessary in the economic structure. Competition is an enormous waste of human and material resources. Hey, Microsoft software is a good pre-taste of an economy without competition. Does anybody (except the monopolist) want that ?? ;-) The USSR et al

Re: an empirical observation

1999-02-20 Thread Durant
That's why he was a utopist... Us practical socialists can distinguish between reality and make-believe for fun ... Just because we enjoy all the murder in Shakespeare's dramas, doesn't mean that we think murder to be essential in real life ... I hope ... I am all for competition for fun! ( I

Re: an empirical observation Re: the end of 'wage slavery'

1999-02-20 Thread Durant
The past provides the data from which scenarios of probable futures are created. Science is the best process we have to calculate those probabilities. I posted a long bibliography of hierarchies in ecology. You are a scientist/technologist if I recall. An idealized social structure that has

How hard is it to change opinions?

1999-02-20 Thread Jay Hanson
I am motivated to strive for a survivable option for the future - so sorry. That's the point Eva. You have a specific agenda in mind, and then reject any information that doesn't support it. We all do that to some extent, but "thinkers" will revisit beliefs when presented with new scientific

Re: FW: political leadership today

1999-02-20 Thread P.A. Gantt
Isn't this an oxymoron??? ;^P -- P.A. Gantt, Computer Science Technology Instructor Electronic Media Design and Support Homepage http://user.icx.net/~pgantt/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=etech http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/vision/1998-11.asp Common sense is not common, and conventional wisdom is