tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231927004458246757.post8923696139437917786..comments2023-10-26T07:55:01.303-07:00Comments on Wage Laborer: Letter to Mother Earth NewsGreener Than Thouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077142867349495997noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231927004458246757.post-55775270474187081132015-04-29T19:11:06.475-07:002015-04-29T19:11:06.475-07:00Saw you at Club Orlov and wanted to say hi. I'...Saw you at Club Orlov and wanted to say hi. I'll be adding Mother Earth News to my page of links. If you get more active on your blog I will add you too. <br /><br />Last we exchanged comments you thought I was a member of the dark side. I understand you may have thought so because at the time I found your story about what happened to you at the mall unbelievable. Since the same thing happened to me by a person using the same name not much later I apologize. I am no longer so naive.<br /><br />Did he have blonde hair? I doubt it was the same individual; they probably use the same name on purpose. Still I wonder.k-doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788296863763985663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231927004458246757.post-62127881061882618122013-12-21T21:43:56.246-08:002013-12-21T21:43:56.246-08:00Conscious Capitalism: Doing Well by Doing Good
I&...<a href="http://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-and-environment/conscious-capitalism-zm0z13amzcom.aspx#axzz2o9f74Szp" rel="nofollow">Conscious Capitalism: Doing Well by Doing Good</a><br /><br />I'm assuming this is what you are talking about.<br /><br />I'm inclined to agree with you. Bryan Welch read and liked the book and gave it a good review. That is understandable as he appears to be a conscious capitalist himself and he likes the good parts and ignores the drawbacks. That is what people do.<br /><br />I think the problem is that 'Conscious Capitalism' redefines capitalism by picking out its good qualities, ignoring the bad and taking credit for some things it should not.<br /><br />You are correct in pointing out "Most of the advances attributed to capitalism over the last 200 years are actually human beings finding new ways to use fossil fuels." Other systems also could have done the same thing and one could even argue better. But that is not what happened so credit is taken were it should not be.<br /><br />If everyone were as a responsible as Bryan Welch or John Mackey and Raj Sisodia the world would be a much better place. But the reality is that unregulated capitalism allows the weakest souls among us to prosper at the expense of others. Any system that is not committed to making everyone prosper and meeting the needs of all is doomed to ruin the planet. Capitalist cheerleaders are those who do not yet get that unregulated growth is a cultural meme that has far outlived it's usefulness and is now an anachronism. The big problem now is that capitalism has taken over government, writes the laws of the land, and is systemically destroying the controls that once provided any semblance of responsibility to the people.<br /><br />Rather than fight regulation lovers of the free market and capitalism should be embracing regulation that reigns it in and not endlessly extolling its virtues. To have their cake and eat it too they should be making sure everyone gets a slice.<br /><br />Including future generations.k-doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788296863763985663noreply@blogger.com