have to agree with you Unc. capitalism is a pretty scary system sometimes in that there are no guarantees of wages, very limited unemployment support, and very limited retirement security. And living at the mercy of that system is stressful, no question about it. One minute I'm working and the next I'm not, and the next I am again...
However the thing I really like about it is that it is possible to find my own level in the system, with a lot of freedom of choice. I too choose to work within the system and improve it in small ways from the inside out. One of the reasons I work in management in my field is that I felt strongly that I could be a better, fairer, more compassionate and ethical manager than those I've worked for in the past, while still satisfying the business goals of the corporation. --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The > > > > only system that will not have a role in the new economy, to > > > > distribute justly our resources so that all men have at least > > > > will have the basics for survival, will be capitalism. > > > > > > I'm not sure I would go that far. There is nothing inherently > > > wrong with capitalism if it is practiced by those who *also* > > > have a sense of connection and responsibility with regard to > > > their fellow humans. > > > > Thats the real problem. Men of integrity have no say on the > > dealings of ruthless and greedy capitalism. > > Nonsense. All capitalists are human, and thus they have > every say in the world in how they choose to do business. > Most these days just choose to do business in an inhumane > and unethical way. That doesn't mean the problem is with > the system, merely with the people in the system. Put the > same people in a different system and they would be just > as inhumane, unethical, and greedy. The change has to > come on the level of the people, not the system. > > > Any voice protesting will be > > crushed as long as this system survives. > > Nonsense again. That's the "gotta blame somebody" victim > mentality speaking. There are lots of capitalists out > there doing business in an ethical and life-supporting > manner. No one has succeeded in "crushing" them. These > kinds of rhetoric are, in my experience, spouted as an > alternative to actually doing things a different way. > > > Thats why I gather that > > enough is enough; capitalism has outlived itself; leads to > > unstability, suffering and hunger and has to go. Just like > > Maharishi said it would. > > And you're going to replace it with what, exactly? > > *Whatever* you choose to replace it with, if the people > using the system are so out of touch with reality and > eternity and their own humanity to abuse capitalism, > they are certainly going to abuse the new system as > well. The system has not been invented that cannot > be perverted to serve the greedy. > > The problem is not with the system; the problem is to > a larger extent with the people who blame the system > rather than just living their own lives a different way. > Maharishi blames capitalism and then runs an organiz- > ation that is the *epitome* of greedy, uncaring, monop- > olistic capitalism gone wild. It's sheer hypocrisy. > > I say let those who claim to have a Better Idea for how > the world should be run demonstrate that idea by living > it. Until they do, they're just one more set of people > bitching instead of doing anything to change the way > things are. > > Unc To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
