On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Fernando Cassia <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Max Sawicky <[email protected]> wrote:
>> his (3) leads them to embrace top-down solutions to
>>> every problem (environmental, social, economic) rather than relying on
>>> the collective and democratic mobilization of workers, ethnic
>>> minorities, women, student
>
> I'd like to know what is gay, lesbian, and aboriginal minorities
> solution to Ni-Cad batteries pollution, for instance. Any links? Oh,
> do not forget feminists (sarcasm)
It always helps if people who are commenting on a thread read it
beforehand. Obviously, engineers, scientists, and the like must figure
out how to deal with such problems as Ni-Cad battery pollution.
However, the question being discussed was not about that issue but
instead about the _implementation_ of the indicated solution. Is the
solution crammed down our throats by the self-appointed all-wise
experts -- or do they educate us and learn from us and work with us in
order to implement a collectively-acceptable implementation?
BTW, the first (top-down) kind of implementation almost inevitably
provokes resistance ("question and reject _all_ authority" etc.). If
nothing else, it encourages passive resistance ("yes Massah, I'll
obey" but I won't contribute anything voluntarily). The now-defunct
USSR, for example, implemented a lot of programs which seemed
scientifically valid at the time, but the top-down implementation
encourage the rejection of science. So there was a rapid increase in
the belief in astrology and similar nonsense when the USSR fell.
--
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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