tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post4926993651382028147..comments2023-02-12T10:34:53.384-06:00Comments on veganelder: Corruption...veganelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-79629223224954067142012-09-24T19:52:17.419-05:002012-09-24T19:52:17.419-05:00Thank you for commenting DEM, HGV, Harry and Bea. ...Thank you for commenting DEM, HGV, Harry and Bea. My apologies for the delay in responding. I'm having a slew of computer issues and am still in the thick of them.<br /><br />DEM: I do believe part of what keeps this crap going on is the incredible pervasiveness and thoroughness of the cultural narratives of exploitation and domination. Somehow we are exempting ourselves (in our thinking and veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-3574811513571560142012-09-14T12:24:51.325-05:002012-09-14T12:24:51.325-05:00Interesting - Markets have expanded (exponentially...Interesting - Markets have expanded (exponentially) to replace a moral/ethical void. Fascinating... Like a vacuum we've placed so much emphisis on material prosperity that it has crowded out all (or most) altruistic acts. Or worse... Is the thinking that things=value like a snowball racing down a hill? I don't quite know what can stop it. But I do know that unless it does come to a halt Bea Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981537551810309024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-1132170297749409572012-09-12T09:08:27.019-05:002012-09-12T09:08:27.019-05:00"... there is a persistent and ubiquitous ten..."... there is a persistent and ubiquitous tendency of the "market" way of allocation and market-oriented way of thinking to displace nonmarket ways of thinking and allocating." Is this an "unintended consequence" of using the market or is it an intentional and pernicious driving of the market by those few with vested interests? Fools we are but simply fools ... or Harryhttp://www.agentleplace.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-77307683924804846202012-08-31T12:16:20.320-05:002012-08-31T12:16:20.320-05:00Sounds like an interesting read. Money's a fun...Sounds like an interesting read. Money's a funny thing. It can be a useful tool, a good servant, and an incredibly bad master. And while I can see how some would view money as the root of all evil, I think the true root is greed. Whether greed for money, or power, or fame, or food that you don't need, and I think that greed in whatever form is behind a lot of cruelty to sentient beings ofHave Gone Veganhttp://www.havegonevegan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-41490736279123452452012-08-30T12:40:14.143-05:002012-08-30T12:40:14.143-05:00Word!
both of us on capitalism this week :)
In a ...Word!<br />both of us on capitalism this week :)<br /><br />In a fury over here over the constant crisis of the hog industry. It's just ridiculous, as their grinning representatives meet for conference after conference... I asked my husband why the f*** this kept happening and he said, "They don't care. It's capitalism."<br /><br />argh. Anyway the book is underway, which Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com