Perhaps the best thing for me to do when gripped with the impulse to write again about the shambles we call the American economy and my continuing conviction that we're about to fall off a cliff is try a little diversion into humor. Unfortunately, this is the "humor" I found first. Alas, Dilbert is usually more true than funny . . . and the truth is not funny.
3 comments:
This week's Dilbert resonated with me too.
I say, "good riddance." Capitalism was never a natural economic system...certainly not for a social animal like human beings. The only way to make money in a capitalist society is to take it from others.
I'm for going back to the old ways of barter and sharing...it's more in keeping with our genetic makeup. (thus ends my rant)
Your blog is a great read. I'm glad you're out here.
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I quite agree with you that capitalism requires selfishness and callous disregard of others to succeed--if we want to say it succeeds at all. I'm not sure I could survive in a barter economy. What would anybody want to trade for scholarly ability and sometimes poetic vision? I think I'd starve. :-)
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