Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.95q.970404211107.44926A-100000@paris.NMSU.Edu> Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 21:19:12 -0700 From: JC WANDEMBERG <mailto:juwandem@NMSU.EDU> Subject: Re: The Evilness of the system.. To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Jay Hanson mailto:mailto:j@qmail.com wrote: >
> The "evilness" of the "system" is an emergent property of a
> system where everything is for sale (including you).
Agree, that's part of the bureaucratic structure I mentioned before.
> Consider an internal memo written former World Bank chief
> economist, Lawrence Summers. He stated: "I think the economic
snip> probably vastly inefficiently low compared to Los Angeles...." > [The Economist, Feb. 8, 1992].
Unfortunately there are plenty of fools like this guy around.
> These cold-blooded calculations expose a global system of
> economic homicide where human lives are viewed only as
> footnotes to the market.
>
> The solution? Fear.
Dear Jay, fear might be a short-term solution but we need a long-term solution and that can only happen through a paradigm shift from bureaucratic structures to participative democratic ones where the responsibility for control and coordination remains with those who must live with the consequences.
Cheers,
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