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

[Jay Hanson]

----- Original Message -----
From: Ray E. Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>Thanks for all of the work.  You were very articulate and I enjoyed the
>read.  If your premise is correct then the rest of that post is
>unnecessary.   There are those in every movement who state that the
>original premise has been betrayed.    I think the Free Marketeers
>would say the same about their ideas.  They certainly would
>argue with you about genuine Capitalism ever being tried in the world.

You hit the nail on the head Ray!  No matter what the issue -- from
democracy to nuclear power -- it works great when abstracted from the
 real world.

People evolved to believe in illusions -- not to discover real world:

"The human mind evolved to believe in gods... Acceptance of the supernatural
conveyed a great advantage throughout prehistory, when the brain was
evolving. Thus it is in sharp contrast to [science] which was developed as a
product of the modern age and is not underwritten by genetic algorithms."
The Biological Basis of Morality, E.O. Wilson
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98apr/bio2.htm

The idea that the common herd animal can solve problems in complex
 systems, is the biggest illusion of all.

Jay -- www.dieoff.com