From: string@wrs.com (String)
Subject: Re: BUSH
Organization: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 02:45:11 GMT

In article <2A6F217E.21777@noiro.acs.uci.edu> assist@orion.oac.uci.edu (ASSIST Coordination Site) writes:
>
>>Oh yeah, then there's big george's nemisis CONGRESS: Damn, if only they didn't
>>attempt to represent the people, we could control everything in a manor that's
>>best for the power elite.

>I hate to break it to you, but you live in a capitalistic society.

No! ohmigod! ohmigosh! please, give it a rest.

>What people in America forget is that freedom and capitalism mean
>taking care of yourself and competing with other individuals for what
>you want to have or who you want to become. If you believe it is the job
>of the government to provide the people with everything they need, to
>right all the wrongs, to make sure that life is completely fair, then
>what you want is a socialistic or communistic society which is not what
>America is.  I am not saying that I like the way things are but I
>am living in a capitalistic society and therefore I know I am ON MY OWN 
>in fighting injustices or oppression, in making a living for myself, 
>and in deciding how my life turns out.  I do not expect the government
>to take care of this because they cannot.

Again, the knee-jerk reaction misses the point. I'm not asking for more
social programs. Shit, I work and pay way too much into our welfare system
as it is. The POINT is that the "pro-life" camp wants to regulate 
womens right to control here own body, but they don't want to take care
of that human being when it is no longer a cute defenseless little
ball of giggling flesh. Get it?

>And it scares me more the restraints that they are 
>putting on my life and my personal freedoms day after
>day because more people want "the government to do something about"
>something they consider wrong (i.e. abortion, a rap song they don't
>approve of, artwork they consider obscene, etc.).  I would rather
>have the freedom to make my own choices and decisions and be responsible
>for fighting my own battles against prejudice then give the government
>the power to do that for me.  

I agree. The gov't has NO business regulating morality or what I do with
my body as long as I cause no one else any harm. period. Amerika is not
free and is getting worse every year the xtian right is in power.

>IMO, the economy is in the bad shape its 
>in because there are so many government restraints on the large industries
>which provide jobs to million of people.  But the people decided that
>big business was making too much money and they wanted "this law"
>passed so owners could not do "this thing" and they wanted "that law"
>passed so corporations would quit "messing up the environment" and the same
>people who pushed to limit corporate profit and control are the same
>ones who are now complaining about layoffs because big business cannot
>afford to stay "big" due to these changes.  I'm not saying the changes
>these companies have been required to make are bad, but they are costing
>them money which means they will not be able to employ as many people. So
>the people must determine whether they would rather preserve the unions,
>protect the environment, charge higher taxes to these huge corporations which 
>slows the economy or modify some of these changes to allow corporations
>to fluorish and provide more jobs.

No flameage, however, deregulation of corporate amerika will give rise to
rampant pollution, unsafe working conditions, and unsafe products. The
reason the gov't has to regulate industry is that industrial leadership
is too greedy and myopic to be responsible for its actions. Sad but true.
So, rather than shape up, amerikan corp. shipped out for 3rd world/developing
nations where exploitation of all resources was met with little/no 
resistance. What I think we are witnessing is the collapse of capitalism
(as we know it) and an eventual return to a more sane and less consumptive
way of living. In short, the type of consumer society we've built in
this country since the 50's is so out of balance with what is required
to live comfortably and so out of balance with what the earth can provide,
it is bound to collapse.

peace,
    string
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