At 10:48 PM 2/1/99 -0500, Doug Henwood wrote: >Build gated communities? > >One of my favorite quotes, which I think I've posted here before: > >"I think it must be conceded that it is possible to create a society in >which the response to market failure is not a swing to socialism, but an >exacerbation of individual efforts to stay ahead by making and spending yet >more money. Does the public health service have long waiting lists and >inadequate facilities? Buy private insurance. Has public transport broken >down? Buy a car for each member of the family. Is air pollution >intolerable? Buy an air filtering unit and stay indoors. Is what comes out >of the tap foul to the taste and chock-full of carcinogens? Buy bottled >water. And so on. We know it can all hapen because it has: I have been >doing little more than describing Southern California." How long, do you think, can the gates protect those who are inside? Wojtek
