>Re. Kylie's post:
>
>> I do not beleive anyone should be
>> relegated to a $9 hour job. I think all jobs should pay the same
>> regardless of the expertise needed or the position that job has in society.
>
>I'm sure this is sincerely meant, but I think it is taking
>egalitarianism to absurdity. "True" communism -
>"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need"
>(Karl Marx) simply does not work beyond the family/tribal level.
>As soon as society expands until it is mostly composed of people
>who are strangers to each other rules and regulations are inevitable.
> There is no other way of running a nation state. Democracy may not be
>ideal but we've tried dictatorships, oligarchies, anarchies, theocracies and
>other assorted tyrannies and they all seem worse. Marx presumed that
>the state would simply "wither away" once communism was
>established. He forgot about human nature.
>
>Sincerely,
>June Brough.
Ahh. What i forgot to add was that we need also to live in small
communities. Change things on a large scale so that we learn to live on a
small scale. This has many problems. But the system we have has people
starving to death. I think we owe it to them to at least try to come up
with a better system where they could live without starving. There is no
scarcity. There is no reason for people in this world to starve beyond our
own greed.
Respectfully,
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"Interesting: Your people glorified organised violence for 40 centuries,
but you imprison those who employ it privately."
Mr Spock. Star Trek 'Dagger of the Mind'
