[MD] Value and the Individual

[Christoffer Ivarsson]

SA:

> Chris:
>> It is not strange
>> that the public schools are failing in a country
>> that ultimately doesn't
>> believe in government control, and where profit sets
>> the agenda.  You really
>> need to see that this kind of government control
>> isn't that bad if the
>> democracy work's the way it is supposed to - but
>> perhaps that is the problem.


> SA:  Chris, that is a, and philosophically in deeper
> roots, it is the problem in the U.S.  The U.S. culture
> is all about $.  The U.S. culture is worried about
> profit margin all the time.  The U.S. president and
> all presidential candidates are more concerned about
> the economy than anything else, they have to be, for
> as Marsha pointed out the U.S. mainstream population
> is more concerned about the economy than anything
> else.  The U.S. president should be a CEO or a stock
> market analyst for as much as the U.S. president has
> to know the economy.  The U.S. mainstream culture
> needs a CEO president, it seems, to better manage the
> U.S. $ for that's what the mainstream public demands,
> a president that will put $ in each persons pocket.
> That's what gets a presidential candidate elected or
> not, one that makes the best economic argument with
> the best economic plan it seems.  Why a president has
> to be so caught up and concerned with the economy so
> intimately is beyond me?
>      I say -the- problem in the U.S. mainstream due
> to the intellect is glossed over, unless, one is an
> economic analyist, then maybe one could be president.
> This many could agree upon here, what about what is
> referred to as deeper values and morals?  These deeper
> values and morals would help people cope with the
> world and not find $ to be the answer, but in a
> culture that demands so much $ out of a
> person/household, well, no wonder everybody is
> concerned about $ in the U.S.
>
> goin' to work soon, still night,
> SA
>
>
> SA

Mh, yes, and I'd say that the main problem is that cash isn't interested in 
people, and so a system that is subject to the will of the market is not a 
system for the people, but a system against the people. Now, Platt and other 
cold-war indoctrinated people may use the MOQ to hail the free markets 
Dynamic aspects, and sure, it is Dynamic, but it is a Dynamic where people 
are not in the centre. Dynamic Quality is good and well, but we are human 
beings, and so I say we work towards what has the highest Quality for 
Mankind. Simple enough.

Have a Good One

Chris