The profits of capitalism have now come home to roost in people's faces. I've been seeing this all of my life in the faces of people superbly trained at great expense to bring beauty, quality and joy into people's lives in the midst of the squalor of pollution, fundamentalism and pure untrammeled venality. I've seen mansions where the cost of trim on the owner's bed would have saved the lives of people that I lost. I've seen cotton shirts that four of them would have bought my Steinway grand piano that I use for work.
Until capitalism is holistic and the theory is extended to include all areas of social value, it will always hurt those who are the least violent and reward those who are the most violent and self centered. What happened to the great Indian opera singers, ballerinas, painters, musicians, doctors, lawyers of the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th? The genes still exist as does the epigenes (for Keith). What does not exist for them is capital. They lost out in the breeding race and their religions were incapable of fighting lies. The Jews were little different from the Christians but they were almost wiped in the 1940s, imagine if their story had as been as different as ours and the great prima ballerinas from the four nations. Osage, Cherokee, Quapaw and Choctaw. The most common phrase in Cherokee country has been for 150 years "Tell them they lie." Now the chickens are once more coming home to roost. So why cry now? If it was alright then it is still alright. Buck up and take your medicine! Be a man! What was it Harry said about the blacks and their communities and the English agreed with? Did I cross the line again? REH -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Stennett Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 8:23 PM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION Subject: [Futurework] middle class stagnates - or worse The video clip link is for a piece of political activism currently being encouraged by the AFL_CIO. US politics are currently quite interesting, but this clip may also speak to current/future relevance of labor unions and other NGOs. Comments? Barry http://my.firedoglake.com/michaelwhitney/2010/12/03/stunning-video-of-unempl oyed-workers-meet-obamas-human-shields/ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
