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To: Dayuhan who wrote (7270)	10/22/1998 7:45:00 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

Steven, "I find it a little depressing that we still feel obliged to define our options with 19th century terms like capitalism and socialism, despite overwhelming evidence that neither, in pure form, is sustainable. Isn't it well past time for a new paradigm?" I second that sentiment. Emphatically. We have to figure out how government and business can serve as checks on the immense power that each wields. Very tricky to do in principle, since it will, in the end, always call for judgement, and a number of largely decent people with sound judgement as leaders in each sphere. People who don't measure their decency or their worth by their bank accounts or how many favors they can do or how many press releases they can generate or how many times they can be called "Honorable" or whatever. Aristotle said that the good leader knew how to lead and how to follow. And would step down if it became clear that he was no longer wanted, or could not serve for the good for the polis. Not too many politicans around like that. Though it is also easier to say that than it is to know when those conditions prevail (as admittedly is the case with so many of Aristotle's pronouncements). Especially in large societies like our own.