X Y Zebra,
Hope you don't mind a bit of kibbitzing. <smile> I really did enjoy your most excellent rant, and find that you and Yorrike form a terrific "house of mirrors" pair of contrasting viewpoints. Wonderful reading. So much better than the WorldNetDaily Drivel from earlier.
Re: Yorrike: "That does not mean I applaud internationalization, just that I think it is inevitable."
X Y Zebra: "That is a defeatist hogwash attitude. You may choose to have it and that is fine by me, but I do NOT agree with such. The same idiotic argument was said about Communism and now it has disappeared, everyone is embracing free enterprise."
Your universalism isn't quite reflected in the facts. Major disruptions of the race to global "free enterprise" have occured in Seattle, Genoa and Washington, D.C. There is a very lively opposition to "free enterprise", particularly in Europe, where sensible democrats can see through the corporate elites' agenda for world domination and the subjugation of most of humanity for the sake of the corporate greedsters. I have to say that my sympathies lie with those who oppose the speculators, fast money derivatives dealers called "investment bankers" and the rapacious CEOs of the world who would fatten their bank accounts while condemning most of humanity to a status of economic subjugation. The "free enterprise" system is inherently unfair, and it needs to be tempered by a counterforce to prevent its worst "survival of the fittest" aspects.
Re: In time, the clear advantages of individualism will be realized. Slowly the bloated government and bureaucracies will be reduced to smaller units to really serve the people.
I've already seen the results of "individualism" and I can put a name and face to them. Ken Lay, Jeff Skilling, Michael Milken, Gary Winnick, Marc Rich, Raul Salinas de Gotari, Carlos Menem, Benazir Bhutto, Moise Sese Seko, Idi Amin, et al are the winners in the game of "individualism". I hope you can agree with me that the world really needs to set up a system to spare us from these individuals who see themselves as being above the law, beyond the concerns of community and only concerned about greed no matter how corruptly achieved. Surely you can't think that coddling these criminals is the best that humanity can do in the future? Can you?
-Ray |
