At 03:18 PM 8/20/2007, you wrote: >Quoting MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Platt, > > > > A free enterprise might promote something > > dynamic, but it does not help youngster develop > > high values. When Chris asked Phædrus what he > > should be when he grew up, he was told honest, > > not an entrepreneur. > >I disagree. In a free market a dishonest entrenpreneur won't last long. "You >can fool some of people some of the time . . ." etc. Anyway, who do you think >makes motorcycles? And paints? And brushes? And canvases?
Free markets are like unicorns, they don't exist. A dishonest entrepreneur can last a very long time. And dishonest people in corporations have done big-time damage to tens-of-thousands of people. I would prefer my motorcycles, paints, brushes and canvases be made by artists. > > Your point-of-view is so > > entangled with economics that you don't seem to > > be able to see the forest for the trees. > >How so? Economics is like a religion of money. You were indoctrinated when a young boy, and that point-of-view has been reinforced ever since. If that is not true, give me some alternative suggestions to what might hold a people together and bring them contentment. > > I think > > self-respect, self-esteem and self-discipline > > should taught. > >Self-esteem and self-respect come from achievement. Might self-esteem and self-respect come knowing you have value? Or from knowing you are a part of a world that has value? > > And if you possess those factors, > > you will see them in others. It's time to move > > beyond considering consumerism as the primary force in the world. > >I prefer consumerism as a force rather than government as a force. Don't you? I'm not too keen on either of those two choices. I prefer sailing or gardening to both. > > And I don't think I might be wrong. > >I think you might be. No, no. Marsha Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
