Re: peak oil revisited
From: tadchem (tadchemNOSPAM_at_comcast.net)
Date: 02/16/05
- Next message: Sam Wormley: "Re: Quantum Mechanics self-study?"
- Previous message: Nick Rouse: "Re: how does voltage from a wall plug vary with time"
- In reply to: doog: "Re: peak oil revisited"
- Next in thread: Sea Squid: "Re: peak oil revisited"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:26:39 -0500
"doog" <doog@toz.it.na> wrote in message news:4213B581.2070502@toz.it.na...
<snip repost>
> Capitalism is guilty of profound crimes against humanity throughout
history.
"Capitalism" is not a physical entity. All of those "profound crimes
against humanity throughout history" were committed by human beings - who
*are* physical intities.
> The love of money[capitalism] is the root for all evil throughout history.
1Timothy 6:10
Your spurious re-definition of "capitalism" as "the love of money" is only
approximate. It is comparable to defining "calculus" as "the love of
numbers."
> Claiming capitalism[love of money] is a good thing is sheer lunacy.
Capitalism is a creation of man. Like anything else, it can be *used* as a
toy, a tool, or a weapon. The determination of "good" or "evil" is only
made ex post facto with respect to the use, and only in the determination of
a *human* judgment (and therefore a determination from a limited
perspective) of the *consequences* of the use.
> Defending the indefensible is a lesson in educated idiocy.
So are misdirected attacks. Are *you* learning anything here?
> Why not simply learn to share for the good of all our relations?
"Sharing" is a nice, idealistic, Utopian, Communist, Collectivistic,
Altruistic, Essene, Christian concept. As long as there is a single
dystopian individual on the planet it will fail. Once all the dystopians
have been permanently removed from the planet, it will succeed.
Killing (or forcibly altering the mind-set of) even one dystopian will make
more dystopians.
> Why not make all in-common goods and services free for all?
Ever since the inevntion of money, capitalism has proven to be the most
powerful motivator of creative and productive human activity available.
> Why not barter for all un-common goods and services?
Because barter is unquantified. It will inevitably lead to disagreements
over the relative value of goods/services, and consequent perceptions of
injustice.
Capitalism made trading "fair."
Tom Davidson
Richmond, VA
- Next message: Sam Wormley: "Re: Quantum Mechanics self-study?"
- Previous message: Nick Rouse: "Re: how does voltage from a wall plug vary with time"
- In reply to: doog: "Re: peak oil revisited"
- Next in thread: Sea Squid: "Re: peak oil revisited"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Relevant Pages
|
