Ruphus -> Corruption,Crisis,Riots: Is there radical evil,and could it be feeding from one main root? (Aug. 10 2011 14:12:24)
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I have been reading with pleasure of you fellows opinions on the global situation and ethics. Only that unfortunately I suppose the depth of thought on this foro to be beyond average. IOW, so much left to be caught up yet for common sense. And also here you´ll see conventional interpretation like this: quote:
The only reason areas of the US haven’t fallen into civil war for the past 50 years is the massive monthly redistribution of wealth to the poor. There are a lot of ineffective people who aren’t capable of providing for themselves. They want more than their labor could ever provide and don’t attempt to understand their part in their lack of success. It’s unfortunate but all of these unproductive people are bankrupting the system along with the politicians who use taxpayer’s money to buy their votes and ensure their own financial well being with costly salaries and retirement packages. This wasn’t an issue in decades past when governments appeared to have surplus money, but it has become more untenable as sovereign debt continues to mount. The system is destroying itself and has been for generations. ] Here is what I think to see: All of the irresponsible, shortsighted and reckless phenomenons are being consequential to one single main causa, which again is breeding all that is inhumane including down to unsocial culture and psychological disorder. That single main causa is appropriated labour surplus value. Appropriated labour surplus value is where the economical evil and its offshoots in societal and mental realm wind up from. Appropriated labour surplus value is the intial means to exploitation of fellow men and to the ever accelerating subsequent means of further manipulation and appropriation in favour of an steadily more outragous caste of privilegeds and their entourage and forecourt. Yet, while being the most weighty and basal of detrimental phenomenons, it in the same time is the most tabooed and invisible-made phenomenon in our world. Instead of producer´s right on inalienable labour value being recorded as first human right, and contained in every constitution as untouchable title, labour surplus value appropriation is a factuous phantom, a paria of term that has skillfully and keenly been put out of terminological and objective existance accross the globe. So far even, that if you try making it visible to your average contemporary ... If you manage to overcome the intial cluelessness on the case, yet, there will remain unbelief about the magnitude of this very economical factor. People have for much too long accustomed to accepting the economical equatation presented with this factor completely withheld. Just as you can see in the above quote, they believe in labour providing just what is being presented in usual salaries. Just as they commonly believe in CEO´s claims according to which profits were only soso, hence companies due to lowering wages / firing imployees etc. - From there I have always been dreaming of examples of fair ventures that could ignite an awakening of common sense like an intellectual forest fire. Only that I must have been underestimating the art of hush up of the international concertated media and press. For, as of late ( and very thanks to Michael Moore´s "capitalism: A love story") I was flabbergasted to realize that such fair undertakings ( without labour surplus value appropriation!) do exist. And that out of all in the United States, the usual stronghold of economical and social rip off since WWII! ( Which very happily, partially restaurated its otherwise cynical image as "Land of the opportunities" to me.) So, please friends take notice of a company indicatively named "Isthmus" ( http://www.isthmuseng.com/), and point it out to your surrounding for the notion of existing examples to be spread; and to be done what the international media not coincidentally have been ignoring during all the debates on eventually fair, reasonable and self-evident economical options. We are talking about a very succesfuil company that is among the leading ones with industrial robot production. A worker-owned company with flat hierarchy, even salary distribution, democratic deciding and a staff confident from top to bottom. Have you ever heard of humble conveyor belt workers with a yearly income of 65 000 USD? There it is: The allegedly impossible. The oh so definite illusion. Well and alive before your eyes. Could you imagine upper management of a considerably sized firm with "just" very decent income, yet happy as it gets with their working place? You have seen those usual crew photos with that false smile on strained faces? Now, for a change take your time to have an in-depth look at this personel photo: Isthmus has been brought to life by an exemplary venture supporting group named ICA ( http://ica-group.org/1st%20Row/gen_jobs.html). ICA has accomplished several such projects, as you can read on their site. Rarely, if ever have I been so elated of taking notice from philanthrops´ undertaking. These, together with further outstanding minds like Götz Werner, or the former owner of "Saturn" electronics shop chain, or Calvin Klein and others; individuals and groups reminding us of the intelligent and humane quality possible with us; show us what instead of symptomatic plaster actually can be done as alternative to rapture- and brainless economics of capitalism. Don´t let Big Brother, concertated skimmers and their refined means tell you otherwise over daily media and blinkers pseudo discussions. The destructive treadmill and pathological greed reigning over us are not at all inevitable by any congruent margin. Right now there is more than enough of ressource out there to keep everyone, including fellow creatures, alive and happy. Let alone under a self-evident, absolutely doable community-related, reasonable economy and education ( Wich again would result into decline of the overpopulation ). None of the hardships and cultural degression are inevitable. They are just product of what a vicar and bishop in Moore´s film very justifiedly so called "radical evil". Because that is what it soberly is. Ruphus
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