Sorry Krimel, this response seems a bit tardy to me but such are the vagaries of the net combined with my life, I just got down to it.
[Krimel] [John] > Money is power, social power, so saying you want more money to get more > power IS money for it's own sake. Or power for its own sake, however you > want to term it. Or it is in the way I'm terming it anyway. > > [Krimel] > This reminds me of Freud's notion of penis envy. [John] Well I don't see how. Or what, for that matter. But let's let it pass cuz it's been too long and I can see from my backed up in box you've been busy. I'll try and keep it direct and sweet. > > [Krimel] > What is wrong with political control? That is joint action of the people's > representatives, steering our course through fog and cloudy waters. But you > say just let 'er drift? > [John] The main problem I have with political control is the current quality of the body politic makes a strong argument against. Which you illustrate rather well with your story of your brother. [Krimel] My brother lives in a shed and like you he thinks all that free market > neo-conservative crap is somehow working in his favor. It is truly > astounding that the people most harmed by the wealthy have been enlisted as > foot soldiers in their cause. You think tax incentives for homeownership > should be removed and let chance rule? You think we should note statistics > on teen pregnancy just say fuck 'em, chance will sort it out. What happens > when companies become large enough to seize control or become too big to > fail? > [John] At first I thought you said 'my brother lives in a shed like you' and I wanted to respond, "Hey! I don't live in shed!" yet. Some day... hopefully. [Krimel] You think it's cool to just stand around flipping coins while the world > burns? [John] Shameful confession time. Yes. I absolutely do, Krimel. It is the most satisfyingly perfect existence I could imagine: to dwell in my humble shed, eating food out of my humble garden, thinking my humble thoughts and cooly watching the stupid world go to hell, all because the stupid idiots WOULDN'T LISTEN TO ME!!!! I'd be happy. Sue me. 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/
