It still comes back to why financial success is viewed as being the only type worth pursuing. It reminds me of the way in which someone who works hard to get material riches but neglects their spiritual side is viewed as lazy in the east, but in the west the situation is reversed.
There are other ways of viewing success, look at Bhutan and their commitment to 'gross national happiness' for example. Personally I think that capitalism is headed the same way as communism, the problem is that an awful lot of people seem to be brainwashed into thinking that they are the only two systems possible. On 12/1/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wayne wrote: > > It's also very sad when a countries 'success' is judged purely in > > financial terms > > It's not judged by financial success, but by financial opportunity. > As you point out there are many countries that are rich, but it's the > access to opportunity that should be the scale for success. > > For a country like Canada, socialistic policies may inhibit economic > development which in turn inhibits your opportunity. > > That means the real question is, what are your goals? For me the UK > and France are a middle class dream. If you have a job with a major > corp in France, you've got a *great* middle class life. Getting rich, > however, is difficult. > > That's where America comes in. IMO, it's becoming less and less of a > middle class oasis, but more and more of a rich person's dream. > > All that being said, if and when I can afford it, I'll have a place in > Luxembourg. It's awesome there! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:185111 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
