On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 12:36:31AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 2/12/2006 1:20:40 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > For example: "The chief tenet of the Enlightenment is that the growth of > knowledge is the key to human emancipation. No true believer in the > Enlightenment would ever question that article of faith. Yet faith in > progress through the growth of knowledge is itself irrational." > > It should be clear to most people these days that most of the world despises > the ideas of the Enlightenment, and they will quite happily burn us all at > the stake to make us believe their nonsense. Unless we are very careful > indeed, we will soon enter a new age of endarkenment. > > Bob > ======== > Well said. The path of globalization tends to lead downward to the lowest > common denominator. And in some countries that is very low indeed. > > Marnie aka Doe The solution, of course, is an international labor movement.
The solution, if you ask me, is avoiding anyone claiming they know what the real solution is, especially if they then try and impose their pet solution on the rsst of the world.
