tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395038039066334365.post8699130353818370435..comments2023-10-17T09:51:33.567-04:00Comments on A Liberal Point of View: The Big SlickJOE PUGNETTIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04353040217634054901noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395038039066334365.post-33975674135846220002010-05-05T10:31:19.059-04:002010-05-05T10:31:19.059-04:00Lincoln,
Thanks for the comment and for reading m...Lincoln,<br /><br />Thanks for the comment and for reading my blog. I appreciate both. I especially like your analysis of how, as individuals we are encouraged to plan for our future but when we get together we are smeared with the negative connotations of any system not capatilist. I have a blog mulling around in my head about the myth of American individualism, not from the standpoint that many Americans have and will accomplish great things on their own, but from the standpoint that more great accomplishments were acheived by people banding together. <br /><br />Again, thanks for the input.<br /><br />JoeJOE PUGNETTIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04353040217634054901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395038039066334365.post-61970072467663266562010-05-02T14:05:19.052-04:002010-05-02T14:05:19.052-04:00Excellent post. We do need new sources of energy,...Excellent post. We do need new sources of energy, but I believe we should consider the amount of energy we need.<br />Because we swear allegiance to a free enterprise system, conservation cannot hold its own against the never-ending enterprises that are begun, not from necessity for for profit or because they are wanted.<br />So we develop night skiing, artificial snow making, the egregious lights and fountains of Las Vegas, etc.<br />But this smacks of planning and has the taint of socialism.<br />Yet, as individuals, we are counseled to plan our work, plan our retirement, plan our future. We may do this alone and no harm done. But if we should make an effort together to plan the future of our nation, we have crossed the line into socialism,or communism, or something worse.<br />An equable debate on this topic always fails because, over the years, dominant minds have woven the arguments of capitalism into the legal and social fabric of the nation. This results in hints of treason if one suggests changes in the method of economy.<br />Human nature means that most of us believe the worst won't, or can't, happen. On top of this denial, we place the element of risk, praising ourselves for our boldness.<br />I believe that today risk is an element of profit only.<br />As risk may apply to change, or our safety, the word risk becomes modified to risky, as in "Too risky!"Lincoln Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11989466718445940836noreply@blogger.com