do all the unjust elements in the economy [monopoly, etc] cause overpay and underpay [injustice, theft], which cause violence [war and crime], which have escalated for 1000s of years to our present bomb capacity and violence level to freeze the whole planet?
2006-10-05 10:23:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
No.
Read the fable about the ant and the grasshopper again. The difference is that some are willing to work hard and save for the future while others are willing to play all day and hope that things work out in their favor should things go bad.
2006-10-05 10:31:40 · answer #1 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The injustice inherent in market economics is merely a secondary issue regarding its likely effects on the planetary life-support system.
The primary issue is that market economics is an open-ended growth system in a planetary environment that functions as a set of closed, cyclical systems. The high priests of the religion of market economics wilfully disregard the fact that unlimited growth of populations and consumerist lifestyles is ultimately incompatible with the way the natural world functions.
We can swindle each other (and market economics is based upon large, medium and small-scale swindling), but we cannot swindle nature - a truth that will presently be brought home to all of us.
2006-10-06 00:43:12 · answer #2 · answered by brucebirdfield 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its very sad...and a very good question
but I don't think you will get many answers
the system works for a few
but all up the system don't work
one man drives a rolling royce
another man has no shoes or choice
2006-10-05 17:43:43 · answer #3 · answered by murphys_lawyers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋