I would consider it normal to complain about a flawed system that
requires unsustainable exponential growth by design, that destroys the
commons and our biosphere, that slowly destroys humanity, that gives
rise to the most superficial incentives, which enables corruption, which
creates irrelevant jobs, memes, ideas, fears, information, etc.
disordering our society ... which puts personal profit over
meaningfulness, which is a zero sum game that actually requires there to
be losers? Anybody not complaining about this barbaric framework I would
consider stupid or totally indoctrinated.
"There is no more productive state than cooperation." -- Tom Campbell
On 01/29/2013 04:40 PM, Matt Mahoney wrote:
Anyone who thinks the American political system is broken hasn't been
to Somalia. Anyone who thinks the economy is broken hasn't been to
Haiti. But I guess it is our nature to complain no matter how good we
have it, and to ignore what is going on in the rest of the world.
It is true that the U.S. share of the world GDP is declining. That is
because international trade helps both countries, but helps the poor
countries more. I consider that a good thing. In the U.S. some people
say we should by only products Made in America because it creates jobs
for Americans. But each American job created costs 10 jobs in China. I
would rather create jobs in China because the consequences of
unemployment in poorer countries is more severe. I care about all of
humanity, regardless of where people were born.
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-- Matt Mahoney, [email protected]
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