Jens, Thanks for the post. My hope is that politics and democracy will curb the excesses of capitalism. Many people in the US are concerned about the same social issues that you are. Many of them are capitalists and stockholders in public companies. Many of the companies are responding to stockholder's concerns about social responsibility. Regards, Bob S.
On 9/30/06, Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW: > Capitalism has - until now - been the most successfull economical/political > system. It has provided us with lots of food, maschines, medicine etc. This > is natures own system - the survival of the fitest. Unfortnalty this system > is - like nature- driven by profit - by the greed of the fitest (us). > IMO it will inevitably lead the destruction of nature - the destruction of > natures resources - in the end to the destruction of the planet. It works > like this: He/she who has commercial success gets rich. He/she who is rich > has the power to act, to make decisions, to influence the political powers > etc. etc. > > In a capitalistic system money rules - the rich people rules. But > unfortunately the commercially right decisions are not always the best > decisions. A capitalistic system will lead to global heating (!), > pollution, destruction of natures resources etc. etc. - and in the end - to > the destruction of the planet and the human race. IMO this system will > eventually have to be replaced by better system. A sytem where common sence, > respect for nature, for the planet, for all beings, replaces profit (greed) > as the "bottom line". Until then I'll support a system based on democracy - > a democracy that takes the side of loosers on this planet: Nature, the week > people, the poor people. That has got to be the social democrats - at > present. > > Jens Bladt > http://www.jensbladt.dk > +45 56 63 77 11 > +45 23 43 85 77 > Skype: jensbladt248 > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 30. september 2006 16:41 > Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Emne: RE: Street photography - religious objections (now Socialists) > > > Doug wrote: > >European Socialism has it's > roots in the rigid class lines of the Feudal system. > > This is very far from the truth - at least very inacurate. > > Socialism has it's roots in the capitalistic class system or class division > between those who own land, machines, factories, buildings (capital) etc. on > one side - and those who owns nothing but their own hands (the ability to > work) on the other side - the working class. Socialism is a working class > ideology, whith the objective, that the working class must seize power - in > order to create - at first - working class dictatorship, which is later to > be replaced by a communist system - a classless society, where everything is > shared by everybody. > > Unfortunately a truely communist society has never yet been achieved > anywhere. Although many have tried. It seems that the human nature (egoism) > is causing the socialist sytsems to suffer from all kinds of corruption, > missuse of power etc. leading to disasterous systems of state-capitalism > (USSR, CHINA), that is often less human than a modern capitalic system - the > capitalistic democracy. > > Of course capitalism has it's root in the feudal system - so there is a > connection - the feudal system was a class divieded system as well. > Socialism has it's roots in the capitalistic system. Communism has it's > roots in socialism. > > The feudal division was enforced by the use of violence. The capitalistic > class divison is enforced by primarily economics and - in democarcies - also > by political power. > > Regards > Jens Bladt > http://www.jensbladt.dk > +45 56 63 77 11 > +45 23 43 85 77 > Skype: jensbladt248 > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af P. J. > Alling > Sendt: 27. september 2006 03:51 > Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Emne: Re: Street photography - religious objections (now Socialists) > > > The US hasn't had rigid class lines outside of the Northeast in the last > century or so. US divisions were more between nativists and immigrants, > and regional ties, (North vs. South, East vs. West). Even Black vs > White had all classes within each group. European Socialism has it's > roots in the rigid class lines of the Feudal system. > > Douglas Newman wrote: > > >--- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >>That's certainly not true in the US. > >> > >> > > > >US politics are radically different than any other > >industrialized country. The US doesn't even have a > >substantial organized socialist party (in most other > >industrialized countries, it's the biggest or > >second-biggest one). > > > >Doug > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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