On 9 May 2009 at 19:14, John Carl wrote: > I've always understood that Western style capitalism rested upon a certain > social and cultural underpinning - a rather stiff victorian morality which > guaranteed fair dealings, mitigation of excesses through regulation and > dynamic response to conditions. > Now picture the great economic edifice built upon this bedrock, and ask > yourself what happens to it when the power is accumulated but the morals are > shed? What happens when moralistic backbone is replaced by "if it feels > good, do it" values relativity? What happens if the aggregate morality > descends to the point where turning over the keys in an upside down > mortgage, or buying a speed boat on a home equity loan and declaring > bankruptcy contain no moral taint whatsoever? When the whole thing becomes > obviously a giant ponzi scheme with its only real goal to grab as much as > possible while the gettin' is good. > > Well, we have the current economic meltdown to answer any questions about > what such a scenario would look like.
Well said, John. There were aspects of Victorian morality that were questionable, but for the most part it was the morality that underpinned the building of American and the West, making it a fountainhead of freedom and prosperity. Then the intellectuals took control with their amoral scientific worldview (SOM) and its been pretty much downhill ever since. Our "slouching toward Gomorrah" is well documented in Pirsig's "Lila," an original philosophy which has been met by intellectuals with a predictable lack of enthusiasm because it challenges their faith in politically correct thinking. Looking forward to more of your thoughts. Regards, Platt 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/
