[MD] Where have all the values gone?

[Platt Holden]

Hi David M:
 
> DM: I think evidence shows that people amass mopney and haveno idea what
> to do with it? What level do you think drives that?

I know of no such evidence. In fact, just the opposite. Bill Gates seems to have very
good ideas about what to do with his billions, as did Carnegie, Rockefeller and
others of great wealth before him. In those case, intellect is the driving force.

> > 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.

Yes, your anti-capitalist, anti-free market views are painfully obvious, smothering
DQ in the process. Not much to cheer from a morality standpoint in that. 

> > 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.

If I wanted to follow your lead, I wouldn't know who to vote for since no one I know
of running for office has proposed doing away with capitialism and free markets. I
guess the closest I could come would be to vote for some Democrat like Hillary who is
a thinly disguised socialist.

In any case, I enjoyed our conversation. Thanks.

Platt




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