04-15-2005, 12:51 PM
Your point does not stand. WHY would those things be of low supply and quality?
The Industrial Revolution in the SOCIAL CONDITIONS under which it happened, those of inequity and radical gaps between the power and wealth of one man and another, required capitalism to urge it on. That does not mean, however, that capitalism is required under the completely different social conditions where concentrated political power and concentrated wealth are completely unnecessary due to having enough of both for all if they are properly distributed. Your proposing an old solution to a new issue. If this is all you can do, I advise you to shut up.
Wanting to achieve a satisfactory standard of living is natural, and possible for almost all people. However, greed, the constant wanting to be somehow better than your fellowman, is a product of competitive societies in which one man going up means kicking another man on the head.
The Industrial Revolution in the SOCIAL CONDITIONS under which it happened, those of inequity and radical gaps between the power and wealth of one man and another, required capitalism to urge it on. That does not mean, however, that capitalism is required under the completely different social conditions where concentrated political power and concentrated wealth are completely unnecessary due to having enough of both for all if they are properly distributed. Your proposing an old solution to a new issue. If this is all you can do, I advise you to shut up.
Wanting to achieve a satisfactory standard of living is natural, and possible for almost all people. However, greed, the constant wanting to be somehow better than your fellowman, is a product of competitive societies in which one man going up means kicking another man on the head.