Quoting Arlo Bensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Arlo] > First, I think its important to point out that "wealth" is not the > only thing by which I measure Quality. Certainly, wealth has > generated much in the West, a power and a control that dwarfs other > systems. But it is important not to become mesmerized by the bling > and look at the dark side as well. We are moving towards a new > capistrocracy (if not already there), and the idea that wealth > determines a persons value to society (or otherwise) is just evidence > of this. By saying that who live and who dies be left to economic > market forces, you have intrinsically tied the value of human life to > the economic wealth that person can generate. In addition to the > naturally subsequent disdain for those who do not generate wealth, > you set up the artificial aristocratic attitude that raises > wealth-producers to superior people.
I wonder, Arlo. Do you consider some people better than others? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ 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/
