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drdeenis

i was kidnapped

Apr 20, 2006 18:47

i don't know what day it is, or how many days it has been. i believe it was a fort night ago, i was captured by the hippies and interagated. i was torchered and enlighted. i also had my mind blown a few times ( Read more... )

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not to be pessimistic but.. anonymous April 20 2006, 19:58:20 UTC

you're describing either a utopia or a third world country.
chaos would erupt either way.
human nature doesn't work in this way...people are much to lackadaisical, voracious, and egocentric.
i agree that the problems you are arguing are protuberant issues in our society.
but your solutions have such an extremist ideal. this existentialist outlook you propose would result in a loss of motivating force that would ultimately bring about destruction of the society.

Re: not to be pessimistic but.. drdeenis April 20 2006, 20:50:36 UTC

you are thinking to anthropacentric. it is our captist culture that drives us, americans, to greed and over consumption.

most other cultures, such as ones in third world countries or ones not controled by ads and "big business", are very friendly and sharing. When you can trust you're neighbors and trust that there will be an abundance and that there IS an abundance and enough for everyone, that is when people stop being greedy and people share.

its all about thinking like a kid, we all need to share a little bit more.

Re: not to be pessimistic but.. anonymous April 20 2006, 21:10:19 UTC

fair enough.

it's just never going to work.

you can have all the friendliness you want...but they are still third world countries.
america is a thriving, first world country. obviously not in all areas...but clearly our capitalist culture is creating a mecca. what third world, even second world, countries are thriving at all? and those that are rebounding and creating a better environment for the people are doing so at such a limited, extensive rate and manner. if those countries were to be taken over by our modern western influences they would prosper greatly. prime example: saudi arabia. had the secular government been removed...would it have worked ( ... )

Re: not to be pessimistic but.. anonymous April 20 2006, 21:12:00 UTC

i hit post before i wanted to..so that didn't really make much sense. sorry

Re: not to be pessimistic but.. drdeenis April 21 2006, 09:45:06 UTC

i'm not talking about bringing america's economic ideas over, just our infrustructor. the only reason 3rd world countries are still in exsistence is because we impose high tarrifs, taxes, and have given subsides to americans that make the same products these 3rd world countries to.

making their lives easier doesn't mean imposing capitalist ideas, it means giving them roads to bring their goods to market, instead of them having to trek through dirt passes on a motocycle 3 hours to the closest city.

we now know where we went wrong with suburban sprawl and super highways. we can make the corrections then bring them to a 3rd world country.

granted you need some kind of economy to bring in funding, but that is why the world bank was created, to give out loans to countries. the only reason it hasn't been working is because these countries are trying to do everything on their own and have no guidence

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