Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] _happy_ poltical things

[Peter Conrad]

Hi,

On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 01:12:56PM +0100, Robin Green wrote:
> 
> So, when we are arguing about life and death issues, discussion and debate
> is not acceptable. Riiiiiiight.

The difference is that no damage is done when the debian guys start a two-year
discussion about their social contract. In contrast, when you start a
two-months discussion about the optimal time for harvesting your crops,
you'll simply starve in the coming winter.

> Your fatuous implication that parecon would cause more stress than the daily 
> grief
> caused by capitalism, with all its bombings, preventable starvation, 
> preventable
> diaharea (sp), exploitation, prostitution, child labour, slavery, etc. etc., 
> is
> duly noted and ridiculed.

Oh, come on. Prostitution, child labour, slavery and even "bombings" predate
capitalism by a couple of thousand years.

IMO parecon, socialism, anarchy etc. cannot work in reality simply because
humans are _selfish_. There's no way to switch that off.

Bye,
        Peter