Onion power always sounds suspiciously French to the British paranoid mind Willy! I despair about the way fetish is inculcated - the world is full of must have products and services I would be ashamed to want and know I could never need. I would rather be a cynic than a dedicated follower of fashion. Puerile deconstruction tends to bracket bits of words to allow meaning to escape. This therapist becomes the(rapist). Vamadevananda becomes (Va)(mad)(evananda) - which could translate as "go mad even hand". I have no idea what this means, though as meaning is endlessly deferred in deconstruction, this seems consistent. And lots of love back to my Indian friend.
On 28 Jan, 06:50, "willy minnen" <[email protected]> wrote: > In 1973 I wrote in my political satire 'The Onions give us Power' already > about how the USA trade changed our needs after WWII. We all were ignorant > until it was too late. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: archytas > To: "Minds Eye" > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:28 AM > Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: capitalism > > Willy makes a good point on aspects of passion rather than dead > language. My passion lies with Chaz (and the spirit of Vam) - I just > think that real due process towards freedom has been going backwards > and we have conglomerations of wealth as absurd as state capitalism. > The theory underlying this is David Harvey's "excess capitalism" - but > there are others concerned with the need to stay ahead to protect us > against our enemies (neo-con) - all, of course, takes place amongst > profound ignorance about how business is done. We are closer to > "Yankee Trading" than we know. > > On 27 Jan, 23:10, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > Capitalism is a system by which those with material possession of > resources > > enter into a contract with those who have the means to provide labor, by > > which both are able to share in the profit of the joining of labor and > > resources. > > > It is one defining trait in how a society functions, and yet, if you are > an > > anti-capitalist, it is likely the only one you will see. > > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:48 PM, chazwin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Jan 27, 6:35 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > "... On Jan 26, 3:28 am, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: ..." > > > > > > Capitalism is above all about freedom ... ... to own resources, to > > > > > make use of those resources to accumulate capital, to make use of > the > > > > > capital to create wealth. Being most of all about freedom, > capitalism > > > > > natural accompanies a democratic polity, and vice versa. > > > > > Well said, Vam. A point I sorely missed in my response to Archytas > > > > The freedom to sack workers at a whim, to pay them as little as > > > possible; to maximise profits; to lead to the polarisation of wealth, > > > to be free of taxation. to minimise government: reducing eduction, > > > roads, police, fire-service; to be free to invade other countries, to > > > be free to monopolise; to be free to ultimately create a situation > > > where 90% of the population is uneducated and enslaved whilst 9% serve > > > the 1% who own the wealth. > > > That is the consequence of unbridled unregulated capitalism. > > > > The evidence of the last 150 years since the ideas of socialism > > > started to become policy realities is that we have left behind > > > the"work-houses", and the starving mud-larks; we have left behind the > > > aristocracy with all the wealth and power; we have gained greater > > > access to the ballot box, education for all, and work place > > > legislation, minimum wage, employment rights etc... This has been > > > achieved by controlling the worst excesses of capitalism and providing > > > a progressive taxation system. Let's not forget which side of the > > > political fence has provided all this and which side will get us out > > > of this fucking mess as it did after the crash of 1929. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" 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/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
