On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, chris arkenberg wrote:
> Perhaps people are starting to notice how profit motive drains the
> meaning out of their lives. Kinda sucks to be an ant farming for the
> corporate lords. Funny how most of the rest of the world is more and
> more apprehensive towards American Democracy.
Drains what? My wallet you mean? America _is_ greed, that's who and what we
are.
> I just went to DC for the first time. I was awestruck by the
> monuments, the words of Thomas Jefferson, the Spirit of Democracy set
> in stone. Amazing to think that in little more than 200 years our
> government could be so far removed from those honorable principles.
> Adam Smith presumed that the marketplace would regulate itself
> through morality, good faith, and responsibility.
Those old white dudes could never see a world that wasnt ALL deeply
religeous (science wasnt up to speed yet). How could you not hold these
principles as just how you should act? They got that religeon and government
should not be the same thing, they didnt get that when society doesnt have
any beliefs are all (capitalism is more atheist then communism ever was) it
quickly goes to hell as some people have 100 billion and all the rest have
too dolla a day.
Having been raised in a generally ethical way, it was a big jump to learn to
run a business. Lots of lessions in being ruthless, and a few about being
sure to hire large Italians to do debt collection (it works!).
> Corporate America seems to feel that those principles stand in the way
> of making the real bucks.
No shit, really? Seriously, if you're not all about screwing over the
customer, there is no place for you in the ruling class, and you certainly
cant play the American game.
> Ah, socialized medicine. Siestas. 6 week vacation leave. I hear Spain is
> nice this time of year...
That's living, here we only work, buy, and work more to buy more, like rats
on a wheel. I can't wait to be rich enough to move somewhere nice, if they
will let me get out alive that is.
- Adam L. "Duncan" Beberg
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