[MD] Value and the Individual

[Platt Holden]

Chris:
 
> [Chris:]
> >> 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.
> 
> [Platt:]
> > Right you are about cash not being interested in people. It is neutral
> > regarding people. It is simply a convenient measure of value used by
> > people as a medium of exchange.

[Chris] 
> And so we may remove it, and that whole system, or at least not let it run
> it's own course.

What would you suggest we use as a medium of exchange in the place of 
money? 

> Because money, or capitalism really, is like the giant. Not
> concerned about the compounds that makes it run. And so a free capitalist
> system isn't concerned about human suffering and injustice, even though some
> of the humans in that system may be, and so it isn't going to fix those
> things.

What other system has done more to relieve human suffering and injustice?

> Thus we modify the system, control it so that those things -
> injustice and suffering can be dealt with. The system comes to be more in
> the hands of humans that above them.

The nice thing about a free market is that you can choose to participate in 
or not. You can always become a policeman, a soldier, a government 
bureaucrat or a bum.  

Regards,
Platt