[MD] socialism

[Mary]

Hi John,

> That's why I think more along the lines of the classic English Lord in
> charge of the land, directing traffic, weeding out the inefficient -
> would
> be a more apt model for social change.  Neofeudalism, as I call it,
> combining small amounts of self-sustaining gardening, with micro-
> corporate
> endeavors requiring knowledge workers - with commute times eliminated
> and
> child care issues mitigated and efficiencies of collaborative
> infrastructure
> for work and home combined, I see it as a solution which frees people's
> time
> to pursue artistic and intellectual goals through higher efficiency,
> combined with a more naturalistic "tribal" lifestyle.
> 
[Mary Replies] 
Funny, that's what I'm in now - a member of a corporate 'tribe'.  They're
all like that.  You're leaving out a few of the less-than-idyllic aspects,
though.  

> Its actually very similar to my new job at the chicken farm.  Half of
> our
> team manages chickens, but the other half manages Alan's paperwork -
> he's a
> consultant on DUI cases and part of our farm is keeping this particular
> goose laying the golden eggs!  When we keep him efficiently producing
> and
> handle his busy work for him, he brings in a six figures income to the
> farm.
> 
[Mary Replies] 
A subsidized collective, then?  A lawyer's hobby?  

> Way better than wool or hogs, and he eats less.
> 
[Mary Replies] 
Are you sure about that?

Food for thought,
Mary