Comments on: Undermining Freedom http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/undermining-freedom/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:49:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Paul http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/undermining-freedom/#comment-109372 Paul Fri, 16 May 2008 10:13:37 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=1196#comment-109372 Capitalism is no longer a system, used as a means of achieving common ends. It is now an entity in its own right, exercising control over decision making by corporations and governments alike. Where once mankind said, 'Let the Gods decide,' they are now content to abrogate even greater responsibility and allow the market to make their decisions for them. What government or corporation with its eye firmly fixed on the next election or the next shareholders meeting is going to say that economic growth is unsustainable? It's not the media that is the message, it's the market, the numbers game, in our every area of activity. <strong>jb says</strong>: Thanks, Paul. I was trying to get around to where you're at. The problem, the real problem with all that, is that the single individual disappears altogether. We're all consumers now, maggots on the scruff of a dead dog. Capitalism is no longer a system, used as a means of achieving common ends. It is now an entity in its own right, exercising control over decision making by corporations and governments alike. Where once mankind said, ‘Let the Gods decide,’ they are now content to abrogate even greater responsibility and allow the market to make their decisions for them.
What government or corporation with its eye firmly fixed on the next election or the next shareholders meeting is going to say that economic growth is unsustainable?
It’s not the media that is the message, it’s the market, the numbers game, in our every area of activity.

jb says: Thanks, Paul. I was trying to get around to where you’re at. The problem, the real problem with all that, is that the single individual disappears altogether. We’re all consumers now, maggots on the scruff of a dead dog.

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