SAPPHO@SRI-NIC.ARPA (08/25/86)
Well, a person with enough money could bribe everybody not to hire me, so that I would not be able to make money to eat. As long as all the land is taken and there are people who can't afford any land of their own, money involves the power to deprive people of their livelihood. If the economic system is sufficiently decentralized, and if enough people make decisions independently of each other, then I will always be able to look elsewhere for employment, a place to live, and so on, whatever I may suffer by being turned down. If a small enough clique of people own everything, or if everyone shares the same prejudice against me, then I am out of luck, whatever I do. That is the power that money has. Lynn Gazis sappho@sri-nic ------- -------