> [Krimel] > Or it could have to do with the enormous concentrations of capital that > began to accumulate by the 1920s and the reduction of ALL Value to dollar > and cents that resulted. I still find that depressing, personally.
[John] I agree. But it was the values vaccuum following the disapointment in failed idealism which died with the "German betrayal of world society" which brought civilization around to concentrate on cash values. Nature abhors a vaccuum, and when one demon is cast out, 7 more come rushing in to take its place. Thus was American Pragmatism boosted in the eyes of the world with a philosophical underpinning to what amounted to basic greedy selfishness. And yes, depressing indeed. [Krimel] Wide spread secret lonely angst ridden depression is almost never the result philosophical disputes. Unless of course you buy that story of a journey into the high country of the mind causing a mental break down. The average Joe gets depressed because his gal runs off with another guy or he gets fired from his job or he gets called up for a third tour in Afghanistan. (Ever listen to country music?) But almost no one loses sleep over the failure of idealism. In fact some of us rejoice to have that nonsense behind us. 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/md/archives.html
