greyl
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Sat Nov-24-07 02:44 AM
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Poll question: True or False: Our culture works well for products, but poorly for people. |
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Edited on Sat Nov-24-07 03:06 AM by greyl
edit: When the vote was split at 2 vs 2, I removed content from the OP.
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TheUniverse
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Sat Nov-24-07 06:07 AM
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1. False it works good for neither. |
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Why do you think we are now importing our cars and electronics from Japan?
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greyl
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Sat Nov-24-07 06:18 AM
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2. But if you had to choose...? |
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Edited on Sat Nov-24-07 06:20 AM by greyl
Japan is within and part of "our culture". You know, that globalized one with all the brand names?
edit: It's been about 25 years since an "American" car rolled off an assembly line without an imported part.
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Deja Q
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Sat Nov-24-07 08:00 AM
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3. Depends on where the product comes from. |
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I'd rather see American made (and some products are; even the CPU thermal compound I use), but when not I seek out quality.
And while not all products from China are poorly made, one simply has to wonder about current events. But not too much; as fun as Jiffy Pop :tinfoilhat: can be, it's best not to revel in it.
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Echo In Light
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Sat Nov-24-07 08:19 AM
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4. An essential aspect of the prevailing corporate/consumer culture is apathy/indifference... |
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...towards your fellow man. The idea being, you're only supposed to care about superficial "fashionable consumption," which in turn goes hand in hand with perceived social status, and this necessitates unchecked greed, aggression, competitiveness and exalted vanity {all sold as good, normal virtues}, and hardly the altruistic qualities of those with a conscience and a strong sense of social justice. This is how the right-wing pathology has manifested among our citizenry so that the notion of social safety nets is akin to "socialism" for "whining liberals," etc, because it involves concern for the public trust, and that translates into less profit. The ethos of greed's grim.
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Sat Nov-24-07 09:43 AM
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5. Our system (freedom, private property) works well for individuals. |
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Compared to most other parts of the world, we are freer and more economically well off than others from other systems.
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