[MD] Where have all the values gone?
David M
davidint at blueyonder.co.uk
Tue Jan 17 13:19:59 PST 2006
Spreading fulfillment and DQ comes
> when intellect recognizes that the highest good is freedom. Use of wealth
> is such a
> broad topic that to make a blanket statement that it serves low biological
> or social
> values should be backed by evidence.
>
DM: I think evidence shows that people amass mopney and haveno idea what
to do with it? What level do you think drives that?
> So are you proposing we eliminate the banking system whose main function
> is to loan
> money at interest?
DM: You with me then?
> So I gather you want to eliminate banks, eliminate the stockmarket, and
> eliminate the
> capitalist system. Your new economic systems is called ___________???
DM: De-capitalism obviously! But actually maybe we need cycles of positive
and negative interest rates.
>
> Pragmatic grounds? Pirsig said that practicality is a social level value
> that carries
> hidden dangers, pointing out that the Nazis were very practical. So I
> think your
> "pragmatic grounds" comes up a moral cropper.
DM: Thanks Platt, thought your vote would be a hard swing, but fun trying.
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