Arthur Cordell confessed: > Am I ever foolish. I thought national political leaders were thinking of > society's best interests.
Not anymore in a neo-con world. The CEO of "USA, Inc." is thinking of his corporate shareholders' best interests (think Halliburton etc.), and like any CEO's thinking, this thinking is very short-term (usually a quarter of a year, maximum a few years until the golden parachute opens). So are other nations' neo-con leaders (and there are many..). Privatization of the profits, socialization of the costs, that's the name of the game. "America First... we'll strip-mine the other countries later!" > It looks like "society" is a public good. It is in everybody's interest but > no body can directly appropriate the benefits that flow from a well > functioning society. But a few can directly appropriate the benefits that flow from a BADLY functioning society. This is known as the Mafia Principle. Chris _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
