On 9/20/07, Murali K Warier <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > Don't blame Milton Friedman for socialism's failures..
sure, since everybody knows that he lunched at the high table of predatory capitalism at the expense of latin america. poetic justice that one fr*ei*dman gives back to the infamous fr*ie*dman: *Atahualpa Yupanqui: Preguntas sobre Dios** a song on the subject of class and religion by the great argentine composer atahualpa yupanqui: One day I asked: grandfather, where is God? My grandfather became sad and didn't answer me. My grandfather died in the fields, without prayer or confession. And the Indians buried him, accompanied by bamboo flute and drums In time, I asked, father, what do you know of God? My father became serious, and never answered my question. My father died in the mines, with neither doctor, nor protection. The color of miners' blood, is the gold of the boss! My brother lives in the woods, yet has never seen a flower! Sweat, malaria, serpents, that's the life of a wood-cutter! And don't bother to ask him if he knows where God is. By his house, has never passed such an important man! I sing my songs on the byways, and when I'm in prison, I hear the voices of the people, who sing far better than I. There is a theme on this earth more important than God. And it is that no-one should cough up blood so another may live better. Does God watch over the poor? Maybe yes, and maybe no. But he surely *lunches*, at the *table of the owner* trans: *michael freidman* *questions on god ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ marxist economist/liberation theologian franz j hinkelammert's theological critique of capitalism in 'ideological weapons of death' is also a scathing and incisive analysis of friedmanism - "commodities now set up social relationships among themselves. for example, artificial nitrate battles natural nitrate [on the market] and defeats it. oil fights with coal, and wood with plastic. coffee dances on world markets while iron and steel get married." the producer becomes controlled and dominated by the commodity itself, not the other way around. depending on the fluctuations of the bourse in a day steel, rubber, and plastics will either become more valuable or less, creating cheaper commodities or more expensive ones, in turn impacting workers who will either keep their jobs or lose them depending on costs and expenditures. from the fetishism of commodities we graduate to the reification of the brand, which assumes an 'identity' and 'personality' of its own, distinct from the 'parent' corporation (marketing argot). though the parents might copulate - witness moët hennessy and louis vuitton spawning lvmh - they dare not tamper with thier extant pedigreed offspring (tag heuer, poison, givenchy, dior to name a few of their brands), which insight led klein to write 'no logo'... in solidarity, sudhir --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
