>Max Sawicky writes, > >Self-interest pervades all human behavior ..., so I don't see how >you can imagine a movement which leaders or people in authority did >not seek to exploit for some narrow purpose. The real question is >how the process can work to yield constructive reform. People exhibit a continuum of self-interested behavior from altruistic to greedy. Our present private-money-based political system tends to select those who are the most self-interested. If we could get the private money out of our political system -- both elections and as the result of legislation -- we would get better people in office. Jay -- http://csf.Colorado.EDU/authors/hanson/ ------------------------------------------- Pluto (pluoo-toe) noun 1. Roman Mythology. The god of the dead and the ruler of the underworld. 2. American politics. The family of corporations that bought America's political system.
[PEN-L:9371] Re: more requiem
Jay Hanson mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon, 7 Apr 1997 10:34:50 -0700 (PDT)