Who was it that said, 'a capitalist will sell you the rope that you later
use to hang him' ?
I thought it was Engels, but can't find the source.
The quote, though, shows the problem. One of greed and lack of long term
attention to enlightened self interest.
I guess Lord Acton also said it, but in a different way, 'power corrupts,
absolute power corrupts absolutely.'
The key is balance.
arthur
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From: Timework Web
To: Ed Weick
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: torn
Date: Sunday, December 05, 1999 10:10AM
It isn't capital that is the source of the problem, it is the political
resistance of capitalists to resolving the contradictions of capitalism
that is the source of the problem. What is intolerable to me is that the
more we acquire the means of actually solving some of the big problems the
more strenuously do the vested interest gate-keepers refuse to employ
them for humane ends. Why? Because it would interfere with THEIR
individual sovereignty. What has evolved over the 20th century should no
longer properly be called capitalism, because it isn't so much the
ownership of productive capital that confers power but the highly
capitalized manipulation of images, public opinion and political
influence. I call it Postumism because C.W. Post, the cereal tycoon,
pioneered the scale of deceptive advertising and political bullying on
which modern political economy stands.
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/postum.txt
On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Ed Weick wrote:
> Is capital and its owners, the capitalists, really responsible for the
sorry
> state of the world?
Tom Walker
TimeWork Web
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/worksite.htm
