Because there is no way to enforce fairness. Even in controlled societies, some rise to the top and the merry-go-round begins of power and accumulation. At a past point, storage of food was critical to last through winter for intemperate climes, for instance, and maybe that translated into extra fuel, furs/hides, etc. and wound up as our present day super consumerism which takes many avenues. It is interesting to trace back to possible explanations for certain behaviors that become excessive or destructive- I guess that's the territory of shrinks and lawyers.
On Dec 1, 4:00 am, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > Good flicks and interesting but after watching the movie it seems they got > into repeating what was said.. > > I agree economics needs to change,, now comes the deadly question,, just > how are they purposing to change it?? Sorry just saying it needs to change > and stating the obvious is not saying how it should change. > Allan > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 9:37 AM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > >http://econ4.org/news- has a video on "greed" (economics). > > > On Nov 30, 10:34 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We've been feeding a stray cat for a few weeks - one might say he eats > > > greedily but we don't mean this as greed - the poor blighter is just > > > hungry. Lions will give up a decent shank of a kill around human > > > breakfast time - try to take the whole hog and they will kill. The > > > dream of western capitalism is very greedy. Send paracetamol Vam - > > > before I go on and on about the term greed in use! > > > > On Nov 30, 6:53 pm, monkebus <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >. Exactly. > > -- > ( > ) > |_D Allan > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
