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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: TimF who wrote (21546)6/23/2003 9:41:32 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 93284
 
It’s a limited resource that can get used up. When you are talking about productive and economically rewarding positions, the existence of these positions increases the amount of wealth in society and creates opportunities for others.

The criteria for being within the commons is that the opportunities are more or less available and necessary to all, and that the growth in the "resource" be less than the growth in demand.

BTW - What was your overall point. Can you sum it up in a sentence or two?

Not yet, my point is centered around three overlapping concepts
1) checks & balances
2) feedback loops
3) the commons

It would take some careful wordsmithing to not jump around the topics in a confusing way. I do think it describes why our society is fragmenting, and provides a path back to a working democracy.

TP