On 9 Aug 2001, at 18:23, Kristin A. Ruhle wrote:
> Andy (a) Do you distinguish between "Capitalist" and "corporate."
To some extent. A free market can be helpful, but limits on
company size and things like worker ownership and holding
maximum corperate saleries to a certain multiple of the lowest paid
worker should be encouraged.
*Large* corperations, run for profits at the expense of basically
everything else, are the problem.
> (B)
> do you thing socialism is the only hope for saving the planet??
Socialism on a large scale..dosn't seem to work, in history. On a
SMALL scale (Isralie Kibbutzim), it certainly does work, though. I'd
like to see a cross between a meritocracy and a democracy, more
stable and with better long-term policys than the current
deomocratic governments can manage...
> Free
> markets do I believe tend to destroy the environment because of the
Smaller companies, more worker interest..and more government
directives aimed at long-term soloutions.
> any indication that socialism has worked or would work any better. Are
> you a Green? Are you a socialist?
Green? sort of. I describe myself as Eco-Realist. Soloutions along
with the problems, not just the problems (ala Asimov's _The Gods
Themselves_. Socialist? no.
> something horribly drastic may be necessary to save the world, and
> people simpley will not *accept* that
True..I don't think we WILL manage. But, it would be wrong for us
not to TRY.
Andy
Dawn Falcon
