At 07:42 05/10/02 -0700, Tom Walker wrote: (KH) >> Well . . . now that you've put it this way, I couldn't agree with you >more. >> Utopia freaks, who ignore human nature (and human history) and promise us >> freedom and perfection, always lead us into various degrees of dystopia. (TW) >Well, Keith, now that you couldn't agree with me more, I'll give you >something to possibly agree with less. ;-) What I was also suggesting was >that the market, specifically the time-is-money labour market, is the prime >example of a promised utopia that leads us into dystopia. Or rather I was >agreeing with Weber's startling image of the work ethic leading to iron cage >(on which is written *arbeit macht frei*).
Since hunter-gatherer days, time has always been worth something -- whether in money, kind or as so many days labour per quarter on the lord of the manor's plot. But I can't comment on Weber. Haven't got him on my shelves. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Keith Hudson, General Editor, Handlo Music, http://www.handlo.com 6 Upper Camden Place, Bath BA1 5HX, England Tel: +44 1225 312622; Fax: +44 1225 447727; mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________
