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To: Enigma who wrote (39632)	8/26/1999 12:24:00 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116801

Rejection of the Material Realm Yet Galbraith's views still flourish in America, especially in the media and on university and college campuses. To this date the liberal democrats believe that the government is wiser about what our money should go for than we are. They are still rich baiting - everything that is wrong with the world is blamed on the wealthy and the poor are always victims, never responsible for anything that happens to them. It is the "same old, same old," 40 years since the publication of Mr. Galbraith's book and he is still revered on the left. Why? The basic reason can only be appreciated if we take a look at the history of ideas. In Plato's Republic <http://www.zolatimes.com/ss/lunch6.html>, specifically, we are taught, at least on first reading, that everything of this earth is base, while everything of the mental realm is noble. That is why, if you will recall, it is the philosopher who must be king - he knows better than do ordinary people do what ought to be done, how society must be organized, how life is to be lived. Yes, this is the rather simple reading of Plato and arguably there is a more plausible, less elitist reading one can give his works. But this is what most of us learn in college when we read the Republic. And it has had its influence big time throughout Western history. Even in the East the primary message of most philosophies and religions has been that what is of this world is transitory, insignificant, and what really matters is the world beyond. Christianity in the West took up the theme and even completely secular outlooks, such as Marxism, echo important parts of it. For example, in Marx's communist society menial work and trade will have disappeared and people will mostly indulge their intellectual curiosity, with the machines that dreaded capitalism had created doing all the dirty work in our lives. (cont) zolatimes.com