uncle@ucsbcsl.UUCP (08/15/86)
Keith, the infinite digressions and regressions and unending recursions which you are making seem to indicate an obseesion for justifying to yourself that which is logically inconsistent (please note my earlier notes re: ratiocination etc...) . You agree now that money IS power, but to maintain your previous distinctions, you insist that money is only power over things, not people and you assert that you cannot imagine how wealthy people could abuse their wealth!!!! Keith, please! i'm not ttrying to put one over on you; i most surely have few ANSWERS; however, i still most say that i think you are putting one over on yourself. We've got to limit excesses of power without stifling the individual; we've got to foster the individual AND the community. the old paradigms, the legacy of the succession of mediterranean- monotheisms: egyptian-monotheism,judaism,zorastrianism,christianity, islam,communism (communism is just the latest in a long line of mediterranean monotheisms), is a legacy of exploitation, war and oppression. as i have said before, i am not arguing for any of those OR for an absolute 'tabula-rasa', i'm just saying, if we try to be careful, fair, thoughtful in our judgements we can get to some kind of just consensus on human coexistence!!!!!!! -------