Joao Pedro de Magalhaes wrote:
> I think that the present human species' members are evil,
> destructive, stupid and selfish creatures (and I'm not
> claiming myself as an exception).
I really don't buy the 'destructive, stupid, selfish' line;
destructive compared to what...?
> However, I think that there has been a major evolution
> from an intellectual and cultural point of view in the
> human masses of civilized countries in the past centuries
> that presently continues and, hopefully, will continue.
I think we've just got a whole bunch of new technologies
that make us *seem* more humane.
> It's the old American view of free-market and anarcho-
> capitalism -- bound to generate huge wealth but also
> enormous social problems and ecological disruption.
You can't have a government without first having a market;
thus, if markets causes social problem those problems are
insurmountable.
BM
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