I would like to pose a question for the list to which I truly have no answer and don't even know if there is an answer. There are a number of ways that the question can be posed; the question is this:
Do you think a capitalist economic system allows for the possiblity of a humane society? Is it possible to put controls on capitalism so that it can still flourish and allow for a humane society? Is there something inherent in capitalism that makes it antithetical to a humane society? When I speak of a humane society I am talking about a society in which the group and the individual work together for the benefit of both; of a society in which its material resources are used to support and encourage the full and best possible development of all individuals; a society in which all babies born are supported physically, emotionally, psychologically and surrounded by the best there is from all civilizations in order to stimulate her/his fullest development. I could go on and on because this is one of my favorite subjects, but I'll stop for the moment because I very much want to hear what you have to say. Selma ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:43 PM Subject: RE: [Futurework] Why men succeed at work > My impression is that most who make it big in the present business > atmosphere are sociopaths or psychopaths. Dangerous. But sometimes very > rich and powerful so much so that no one really talks about it until of > course they cross the line and break one law or another. > > arthur > > -----Original Message----- > From: Selma Singer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 9:03 AM > To: Brad McCormick, Ed.D. > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Why men succeed at work > > > I have no argument with anything you've said here, Brad. I know that there > have been many people who have been able to deal with all kinds of crap and > still keep their principles. > > As a general thing, though, it seems that most of the women who make it big > in the present business atmosphere are what some feminists refer to as > 'Queen Bees', women who are happy to make it for themselves and care not a > whit for others. > > Selma > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Selma Singer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 7:04 PM > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Why men succeed at work > > > > Selma Singer wrote: > > > I don't think it works that way, Brad. > > > > > > I don't think a woman who would practice the manipulative and > power-oriented > > > business practices prevalent would be the same person who would > understand > > > how to change the workplace to be more humane, or perhaps even > understand > > > what was humane or not. > > [snip] > > > > I had a just slightly different example from personal > > experience in mind. > > > > When I was "at Yale", I had a sociology teacher: Robert M Cook, > > who founded a radical local political party in New Haven > > and ran for mayor, etc. > > > > He said to me that, had he understood what he was doing > > when he was doing what he had to do to get his PhD, > > he wouldn't have been ablke to do it (not because it was > > immoral, bur because it was meaningless but stressful). > > > > We know that > > there are some persons who "get their credential" and > > yet retain a sense of constructive values after they > > have "paid their dues", so that they can do some real good. > > I believe the reason people have to "pay their dues" > > is so that, by the time they get in those positions of > > power, they want mothing more than to punish the > > next generation ("kick the cat"), since they still dare not > > offend their elders and still betters, but they are now > > in the middle of the food chain, not at the bottom. > > > > Things work the way they work, or, as a friend of mine > > said to a person who had dinked his car door and the > > person said "It's only a car" -- my friend punched > > the person in the jaw and explained "It's only a jaw". > > Darwinean evolution does not always only hurt > > good creatures, even if it usually does.... > > > > We can aspire to a better form of "non violent > > resistence" than just letting ourselves get run over by > > HumVees.... > > > > \brad mccormick > > > > -- > > Let your light so shine before men, > > that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) > > > > Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) > > > > <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
