From: David Morey (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Sun May 30 2004 - 19:15:26 BST
Hi
I still wonder, along with the writer Mr K Marx, if it will
not fall over all by itself one day, can we
keep increasing profits for ever? Does
capitalism have a reverse gear?
regards
David M
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Glendinning" <ian@psybertron.org>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: MD MOQ and The Moral Evolution of Society.
> Which seems to bring us full circle to the politics of Noam Chomsky again.
>
> How far are you going to get with an objective of dismantling or even
> "controlling" capitalism ?
> (Unless of course, you're proposing bloody revolution on a global scale.)
>
> Softly, softly, catch ye monkey, I say - bring MoQ thinking into business
> decision making of existing and new business organisations.
> It's in the memes.
>
> Ian Glendinning
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Steven Heyman" <markheyman@infoproconsulting.com>
> To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 2:59 PM
> Subject: Re: MD MOQ and The Moral Evolution of Society.
>
>
> > On 30 May 2004 at 12:21, David Morey wrote:
> >
> > > That sounds spot on to me.
> > > I think we need to introduce new control
> > > mechanisms and values to our corporations.
> > >
> >
> > msh says:
> > Or dismantle them completely? What moral purpose do they serve? Their
> > only purpose, as I see it, is to shield CEOs and other executives,
> > BODs, and major stockholders, from criminal and social responsibility
> > for their profit-making activities, and to shelter profits from
> > taxes, another way of avoiding social responsibility.
> >
> > I guess I can see value in the ORIGINAL idea of a corporation, a
> > temporary legal entity granted a state charter for the purpose of
> > raising funds and building a bridge, or a school, or something. But
> > this is so radically different from what we have today that, to avoid
> > confusion, we'd need a different word to describe it.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> >
> > msh
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