Part of the discontent at the end of these current revolutions is that much will not change. The youth compare themselves with what they see in Western/capitalistic countries and want the same things forgetting we had hundreds of years to build up our systems and material progress and yes- sometimes at their expense.
On Jun 7, 5:50 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > To change, we probably have to break a trance. I don't think humans > are competent to bring the change through planning. Stuff is > happening - our abilities to talk and access history are improving > through the Internet. But they may be about to bring ands end to all > this. We need to know how little effort is needed to provide basics > and prevent banditry and a lot about the current role of parasitic > money and be able to get people up to speed on this. I believe very > little 'work' really needs to be done and parasitic money could be > replaced. I'd have this dialogue first, but one has to wonder why we > haven't had it up to now. Instead, we have work ethic ideologies and > ejukation that avoids important questions altogether. I believe they > exploit a well known human frailty in preventing all this, one it is > dangerous to bring into the open. > > On Jun 7, 8:25 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Because of debt, obviously, but also because of the false role the > > financial instiutions/markets play with our economy. I can't think of > > a nation or empire that lasted very long with an empty treasury. > > Perhaps we are another example of Marx- alienation and fetishism. Lady > > Gaga, anyone? She's enormously popular but to me she looks like she > > belongs in a Diane Arbus photo exhibit. Anyway, that would be a > > discussion of worth and value and America has been sort of a > > dreamscape for the opportunistic- good or bad. I'm not sure I have > > expectations about politics anymore. > > > On Jun 6, 10:53 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I think political philosophy (philosophy in general, actually) is good > > > food for the mind; enjoy... > > > > Why do governments and budgets/business seem bankrupt to you? Are you > > > benchmarking them against some expectation set you might hold? > > > > On Jun 6, 12:21 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am just starting a section on political philosophy in my reading so > > > > I am not up to it...yet! I did learn I am not a Hedonist, a Cynic, or > > > > Stoic and my Christian background is tattered or a lovely quilt > > > > depending on one's point of view. > > > > > The remark is cleverly put since government and budgets/business seem > > > > bankrupt to me. But what do I know? > > > > > On Jun 6, 6:09 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > A friend said to me the other day "The sole difference between > > > > > Politics and Business is one of Currency"; initially, i thought that > > > > > this might be a simplification too far, and unduly cynical perhaps > > > > > (though i dont believe he meant it in a perjorative sense); yet, the > > > > > more i think about it, the more difficult it is for me to refute. > > > > > > Any thoughts?- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
