tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post1251555534374101408..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: An ObservationDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-50351886593099934012008-02-14T10:33:00.000-08:002008-02-14T10:33:00.000-08:00Jail? Of course. Therapy? Not so sure.I guess it h...<I>Jail? Of course. Therapy? Not so sure.</I><BR/><BR/>I guess it hinges on the prospects of successful rehabilitation of hard core sociopaths. Maybe some clever biochemist will come to the rescue. A new enzyme, a sort of rebuplicanase if you will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-10985445273584949622008-02-14T08:46:00.000-08:002008-02-14T08:46:00.000-08:00Jail? Of course. Therapy? Not so sure. As Chomsky ...Jail? Of course. Therapy? Not so sure. <BR/><BR/>As Chomsky argued:<BR/><BR/>''We are instructed daily to be firm believers in neoclassical markets, in<BR/>which isolated individuals are rational wealth maximizers. If distortions<BR/>are eliminated, the market should respond perfectly to their ''votes,''<BR/>expressed in dollars or some counterpart. The value of a person's interests<BR/>is measured the same way. In particular, the interests of those with no<BR/>votes are valued at zero: future generations, for example. It is therefore<BR/>rational to destroy the possibility for decent survival for our<BR/>grandchildren, if by so doing we can maximize our own ''wealth'' - which<BR/>means a particular perception of self-interest constructed by vast<BR/>industries devoted to implanting and reinforcing it. The threats to survival<BR/>are currently enhanced by dedicated efforts not only to weaken institutional<BR/>structures that have developed to mitigate the harsh consequences of market<BR/>fundamentalism, but also to undermine the culture of sympathy and solidarity<BR/>that sustains these institutions. All of this is another prescription for<BR/>disaster, perhaps in the not very distant future. But again, it has a<BR/>certain rationality within prevailing structures of doctrine and<BR/>institutions.''VDThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01496647346219341625noreply@blogger.com