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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (25074)	11/11/2007 10:43:31 PM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 217749

It is fairly overt that vendors will use whatever is in their power to psychologically convince Eve that she needs the Apple. This is the everyday reality of a competitive capitalist landscape. And it is psychologically taxing to resist it. The positive effects are that there is always some hidden desire in each individual that can be harnessed to motivate him or her to work. And the results of that work is the material productivity of the capitalist system. This web of desire and pleasure keeps everyone from the top of the ladder to its bottom to continue to work and then claim the rewards of their work. It is a fairer system than many and maybe the best we have got. On the other hand, the media is continuously showering the objects of desire at everyone including immature or vulnerable people and children. The overstimulation of desire and pleasure in every consumer's psyche, in my opinion, may deaden their souls and their relationships with others. Anyone feels the same? > I would say that this is a choice people freely make because it is expedient ... not because capitalism forces them.. more like Eve and the apple..>

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (25074)	11/12/2007 3:36:53 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217749

To The BS man. Having spent years making exactly that choice, I can confirm you are correct. Capitalism wasn't in charge. We were in charge of our own decisions. The choices served us very well indeed. Yes, there were negatives, such as living away from the village. But the countervailing benefits far exceeded the negatives. When we thought the negatives were gaining ground over the benefits [or would do], we headed back to the village. We never had child care. We did the child care. But my mother in law was looked after 400 metres away by professionals [for a year or so at the end]. I have never been forced other than in childhood and by damned thieving and bossy governments who are the bane of my life. Not that I can recall anyway. <not because capitalism forces them. > Mqurice