On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 6:00 PM, David B. Shemano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Furthermore, why is it so easy for the masses to learn to want to consume and > so hard to learn to want the alternative? >
I guess you want to suggest that it is *natural* for people to want to consume. Consider though that there are many traditional cultures where this consumption urge is much more restrained. Of course you can "explain" that away as a result of genetic differences between cultures (maybe the elusive IQ gene?). But then you'd merely be circularly reinforcing your own ideological preferences. -raghu. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
