Rayetta's (for Ray) Thought for the Day
Yet again, a reminder, lyin and gluttony are the only genuine sins that lead us into all the other sins.
Consider lyin and gluttony with respect to democracy and capitalism.
These Yore Nited States have historically relied on a balance between the two, democracy and capitalism, and these have (leaving religion out of it for the nonce)formed the opertative foundation of our social contract. A while back we had lotsa little capitalists, farmers and such who had significant amounts of political power because there were so many of them and these farmers and other small busisinessmen made political alliances with workers, (thus we had political entities like the Democratic Farmer Labor Party of the midwest) with small businessmen and workers aligned to protect their interests against giant monopolistic corporations. Now all that's changed and in overwhelming numbers we work for giant capilatist corporations that provide us with jobs. Some of these companies are so big that they have lots more money and power than lotsa countries. Combinations of some the biggest ones are actually even more powerful than the Yore Nited States government and they even boss the government of these Yore Nited States around. Thus, if some of the giant corporations want to have a war somewhere, to secure some resource or a market they need, they'll order the Yore Nited States government to make it happen.
However, I don't want to depersonalize these giant corporations. The giant corporations are headed up by real people, the very tip-top people who are generally very rich and have divesifed interests in many giant corporations and usually own a bunch of land and property to boot. These people are the "ruling class" of these Yore Nited States. They make decisions and the government and everyone else jumps through hoops, for them. Lots of times, ruling class people, in the name of public service, cut out the middle men, and either through the electoral process, or via appointments, participate as functionaries in the government. Our current little king is a good example of this phenomena.
Do I mind having a ruling class pretty much determining my future? Well not really, if the ruling class "trickle down" keeps me safe and happy and protects the little wonders, then I could simply adore the ruling class. So, in principle I'm not agin 'em. However, when the ruling class lies to me, excessively, commits gluttonous actions on a global scale, and doesn't keep me safe and happy either, I become resentful of 'em. You would be resentful of 'em to, if you had any brains.
Consider lyin and gluttony with respect to democracy and capitalism.
These Yore Nited States have historically relied on a balance between the two, democracy and capitalism, and these have (leaving religion out of it for the nonce)formed the opertative foundation of our social contract. A while back we had lotsa little capitalists, farmers and such who had significant amounts of political power because there were so many of them and these farmers and other small busisinessmen made political alliances with workers, (thus we had political entities like the Democratic Farmer Labor Party of the midwest) with small businessmen and workers aligned to protect their interests against giant monopolistic corporations. Now all that's changed and in overwhelming numbers we work for giant capilatist corporations that provide us with jobs. Some of these companies are so big that they have lots more money and power than lotsa countries. Combinations of some the biggest ones are actually even more powerful than the Yore Nited States government and they even boss the government of these Yore Nited States around. Thus, if some of the giant corporations want to have a war somewhere, to secure some resource or a market they need, they'll order the Yore Nited States government to make it happen.
However, I don't want to depersonalize these giant corporations. The giant corporations are headed up by real people, the very tip-top people who are generally very rich and have divesifed interests in many giant corporations and usually own a bunch of land and property to boot. These people are the "ruling class" of these Yore Nited States. They make decisions and the government and everyone else jumps through hoops, for them. Lots of times, ruling class people, in the name of public service, cut out the middle men, and either through the electoral process, or via appointments, participate as functionaries in the government. Our current little king is a good example of this phenomena.
Do I mind having a ruling class pretty much determining my future? Well not really, if the ruling class "trickle down" keeps me safe and happy and protects the little wonders, then I could simply adore the ruling class. So, in principle I'm not agin 'em. However, when the ruling class lies to me, excessively, commits gluttonous actions on a global scale, and doesn't keep me safe and happy either, I become resentful of 'em. You would be resentful of 'em to, if you had any brains.
posted by ray pistrum at Sunday, August 28, 2005
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