I think that matriarchies are back in style- in all races and nations- and think it will be just as suffocating as the patriarchy.
On Nov 11, 1:39 am, andrew vecsey <[email protected]> wrote: > Voting with your wallet could be an effective way to change things and put > the wealthy exploiters out of business. Buying cheap products is more > expensive in the long term anyways. Buying food from local markets is also > healthier. As long as we all play the game, the game will keep playing > until every business becomes a monopoly and globalization will take over > our wallets. Once our wallets are gone, we are really screwed and will have > no other choice than to play robin hood. So much for free markets. > > > > On Sunday, November 11, 2012 12:41:52 AM UTC+1, archytas wrote: > > > We lack simple explanation that isn't crass Allan. I have little > > doubt the rich have stolen the wealth they have and it should be taken > > from them - but how do we do this without it ending up with big > > government that doesn't work any better? I think we are tranced by a > > work ethic that really makes no sense. We need facts on just how much > > work needs to be done and how we might organise that. Simples! Yet > > no answer because we don't understand the 'trancing'. > > > On 10 Nov, 07:15, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From what I see is the answer lies in manufacturing. And crazy things > > like > > > 50% less sales tax on products that are produced in the country origin, > > > that includes good thru all industrial products. > > > > Better tax collection on all international corporations and stock or > > money > > > sent out of the country. > > > > In the US all corporation papers say they agree to abide by all the laws > > > and if they don't they lose all corporate rights and privileges. This > > > needs to be enforced and you will see major changes in business. You > > have > > > to remember tax evasion is against the law. > > > Allan > > > > Air gunner full of hot air ready to release it quickly > > > On Nov 10, 2012 2:04 AM, "archytas" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The weird thing is that we are being told all sorts of stuff can't be > > > > 'afforded' - yet productivity is up by factors of ten since we did > > > > decent things like national health services - we should be able to > > > > afford loads more. In the UK we were told the answer was US > > > > management, then Japanese - German stuff had too much industrial > > > > democracy for our business ethos. Even the IMF has realised austerity > > > > is a crock. We're in the grips of something else. Debt is the > > > > obvious answer -but we have to address our attitudes towards it. Its > > > > owned by robber barons and all link between work and reward has really > > > > gone. > > > > > On 9 Nov, 21:59, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I totally agree with you management is based on rot..but from what I > > > > > have been reading it is the same problem from eons ago,, unchanged > > > > > what does it take to get management that is interested in the > > > > > betterment of society .. the ideas sit with in beliefs which puts > > > > > part of the burdens on religions ,, then the problems comes how does > > > > > one get beliefs to work for the betterment of mankind in this world. > > > > > Allan > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 9:45 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Get your head back on Al - I know about the Japanese war crimes. > > The > > > > > > book I was referring to was written by a Japanese clown. The > > point is > > > > > > that management miracles are based on rot.. > > > > > > > On 9 Nov, 19:07, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Neil I had two uncles in ww II One in the European theater the > > other > > > > > >> was in pacific theater and was captured even before the war > > started in > > > > > >> my memory is right he survived 2 death ship and four death > > marches > > > > > >> that is talking five years of imprisonment into account loss of > > close > > > > > >> to 70 kilos.. you need to get your facts straight as to > > strategies of > > > > > >> both wars.. and if Germany was acting like J ,, Berlin would > > have > > > > > >> been Nuclear ashes also.. > > > > > > >> Yes the US has serious fiscal problems.. thanks to some > > > > > >> irresponsible politicians starting with the Reagan > > administration .. > > > > > >> hopefully they will get something done . and stop sticking one > > thumb > > > > > >> in their mouth and the other in their ass then rotating. > > > > > > >> As for what happens iihope for the best but in reality we will > > > > see.. > > > > > >> Allan > > > > > > >> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 6:23 PM, archytas <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > >http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/us-debt-problems-threaten-t... > > > > > > >> > The Germans are considering the USA as a potential Greece. > > > > > > >> > I'm remembering attitudes towards Japan in the 1980s. There > > was a > > > > > >> > dreadful book called 'The Japan That Can Say No' which > > summaries > > > > thus: > > > > > > >> > + Japan must use its technological superiority as a negotiating > > > > > >> > weapon, and it should > > > > > >> > even threaten to trade secrets with the Soviet Union as a > > bargaining > > > > > >> > tool against the US and refuse to sell components that go into > > US > > > > > >> > missiles. > > > > > >> > + The quality of American goods is low because the level of the > > > > > >> > workers is low, while the superior education of Japanese > > workers is > > > > a > > > > > >> > big advantage. > > > > > >> > + The Japanese character is innately superior to the character > > of > > > > > >> > Americans. > > > > > >> > + Americans believe that the Caucasian race is superior since > > the > > > > > >> > modern era is dominated by the western world, and this > > prejudice > > > > will > > > > > >> > hurt them in the end. > > > > > >> > + Former American colonies are rife with problems, while former > > > > > >> > Japanese colonies are thriving. > > > > > > >> > + America's dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan and not > > Germany in > > > > > >> > World War II arose from racism because Germans are white people > > and > > > > > >> > Japanese are not. (Though at the time of the German defeat in > > April > > > > > >> > 1945, the atomic bomb was as yet incomplete and untested until > > July > > > > > >> > 16, 1945, so that may have been a factor) > > > > > >> > + The trade surplus with the U.S. is caused by the lack of > > desirable > > > > > >> > products made in the U.S. > > > > > > >> > I read it on a plane out there on a journey to discover their > > > > > >> > shipbuilding secrets. I met a lovely bloke out there who told > > me > > > > the > > > > > >> > idea of copying Japanese management secrets filled him with > > dread. > > > > > >> > The only secret was they were rotten, sexist and callous. > > Japan > > > > fell > > > > > >> > off its fiscal cliff when I left (1980s). Almost sadly, this > > wasn't > > > > > >> > because of anything I left behind. The 'brilliant' Japanese > > > > > >> > management techniques were taught by lazy lecturers for the > > next 20 > > > > > >> > years. > > > > > > >> > The coming fiscal cliff in the US isn't like Greece in that USD > > can > > > > be > > > > > >> > printed at will. Der Spiegel says this: > > > > > > >> > The US has more in common with heavily indebted southern > > European > > > > > >> > countries than it might like to admit. And if the country > > doesn't > > > > > >> > reach agreement on deficit reduction measures soon, the > > similarities > > > > > >> > could become impossible to ignore. The fiscal cliff looms in > > the > > > > near > > > > > >> > future, and its not just the US that is under threat. > > > > > > >> > The US has finally voted and the dark visions of America's > > future > > > > > >> > broadcast on television screens across the country -- and most > > > > > >> > intensively in battleground states -- have come to an end. > > > > Supporters > > > > > >> > of both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney had developed doomsday > > > > scenarios > > > > > >> > for what would happen if their candidate's opponent were to > > win. > > > > Four > > > > > >> > more years of Obama, the ads warned, would result in pure > > > > socialism. A > > > > > >> > Romney presidency would see the middle and lower classes > > brutally > > > > > >> > exploited. > > > > > > >> > But following Obama's re-election, Americans are now facing a > > > > > >> > different, much more real horror scenario: In just a few weeks > > time, > > > > > >> > thousands of children could be denied vaccinations, federally > > funded > > > > > >> > school programs could screech to a halt, adults may be forced > > to > > > > > >> > forego HIV tests and subsidized housing vouchers would dry up. > > Even > > > > > >> > the work of air-traffic controllers, the FBI, border officials > > and > > > > the > > > > > >> > military could be drastically curtailed. > > > > > > >> > That and more is looming just over the horizon according to the > > > > White > > > > > >> > House if the country is allowed to plunge off the "fiscal > > cliff" at > > > > > >> > the beginning of next year. Coined by Federal Reserve head Ben > > > > > >> > Bernanke, it refers to the vast array of cuts and tax increases > > > > which > > > > > >> > will automatically go into effect if Republicans and Democrats > > can't > > > > > >> > agree on measures to slash the US budget deficit. > > > > > > >> > The answer is to abolish debt instead and start again with new > > > > world- > > > > > >> > wide agreements on workers' rights that abolishes races to the > > > > > >> > bottom. This isn't much in comparison with losing wars and > > having > > > > to > > > > > >> > rise from real ashes as Germany and Japan did. > > > > > > >> > -- > > > > > > >> -- > > > > > >> ( > > > > > >> ) > > > > > >> |_D Allan > > > > > > >> Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. > > > > > > >> I am a Natural Airgunner - > > > > > > >> Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > -- > > > > > ( > > > > > ) > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --
