No, I can not conceive it. Perhaps in some small scale social structures like the family we could find (with some effort) systems in which power is not THE prevailing value. Not in large scale societies. Salvador
----- Original Message ----- From: "Selma Singer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Salvador R. S�nchez Guti�rrez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Why men succeed at work > So you guys don't think it's possible to conceive of a human social system > in which power would not be the prevailing value? > > Selma > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Salvador R. S�nchez Guti�rrez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 12:08 PM > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Why men succeed at work > > > > Sure. Why not? But I don�t think it's a question of economic systems. I > > think that it have to do with power, and the kind of person someone has to > > be in order to get access to power. Hypothesis: the more power is at > stake, > > the higher the possibility of finding sociopaths or psychopaths in the > race. > > Salvador > > > > From: "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Salvador S�nchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 8:06 PM > > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Why men succeed at work > > > > > > Salvador, > > > > Of course these same people would head the controlled economy in a > > socialist system. > > > > Capitalism and Socialism are, of course, comparable. > > > > Harry > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > Salvador wrote: > > > > >Sounds terrible, but experience -this side of the border too- tells me > that > > >you are right. > > >Is it possible in today business environment to be "functional" acting as > a > > >healthy person? I don�t think so. > > > > > >salvador > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > **************************************************** > > Harry Pollard > > Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles > > Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 > > Tel: (818) 352-4141 -- Fax: (818) 353-2242 > > http://home.attbi.com/~haledward > > **************************************************** > > > --- > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > Version: 6.0.493 / Virus Database: 292 - Release Date: 6/25/2003 > > _______________________________________________ > > Futurework mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
