tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10835776.post9056375473914603831..comments2023-10-30T07:45:43.656-04:00Comments on Thoughts and Ideas: A return to economic sanityA Wiser Man Than Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405864709965908573noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10835776.post-22357999564247270552009-03-06T16:52:00.000-05:002009-03-06T16:52:00.000-05:00I see it as a crossroads. We could, through radica...<I>I see it as a crossroads. We could, through radical intervention, go to a true free market or we could choose to go to a coordinated participatory economy.What we have now is neither central planning (which is different than what I propose) nor is it managed capitalism nor is it free market, it is an unworkable bastard.I actually believe even a free market eventually crashes or destroys the ecosystem but I can't prove it. We would just have to let it play out.</I><BR/><BR/>Well said. It's high time we stopped pretending that we can reject a system when witnessing its misapplication. <BR/><BR/><I>The real question then becomes do we want a savage winner take all system (globally) which reproduces and reinforces the basest, least ethical tendencies in the human character ( violent self interest, consumer fetish,alienation) or one that fosters an elevated, progressive man. Simple choice.</I><BR/><BR/>But I would argue that capitalism, despite its flaws, doesn't necessary reinforce the base characteristics in man, at least in comparison to its alternatives. If it did, I would have to reconsider my stance on the matter.<BR/><BR/>Nor does an "elevated, progressive man"--whatever that is--rise somehow from socialism. We are not so far apart in our aims, it is only in the means we would use to achieve them where we differ drastically. In any event, that's a matter for another day.A Wiser Man Than Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405864709965908573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10835776.post-38725132671839523272009-03-06T01:08:00.000-05:002009-03-06T01:08:00.000-05:00I see it as a crossroads. We could, through radica...I see it as a crossroads. We could, through radical intervention, go to a true free market or we could choose to go to a coordinated participatory economy.What we have now is neither central planning (which is different than what I propose) nor is it managed capitalism nor is it free market, it is an unworkable bastard.I actually believe even a free market eventually crashes or destroys the ecosystem but I can't prove it. We would just have to let it play out.<BR/><BR/>The real question then becomes do we want a savage winner take all system (globally) which reproduces and reinforces the basest, least ethical tendencies in the human character ( violent self interest, consumer fetish,alienation) or one that fosters an elevated, progressive man. Simple choice.troutskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020298501632120830noreply@blogger.com