Profit motive vs. LO LO23537

Greg Brown (theraven@stlnet.com)
Thu, 9 Dec 1999 07:12:54 -0600

Replying to LO23517 --

Hi,

rbacal wrote:

>Just a historical note. Let's keep in mind that the industrial process has
>existed way before our understanding of environmental impact - it simply
>wasnt' taken into account. So, to remediate a historical perspective would
>require so much retooling that a large number of companies could, quite
>simply, no longer function economically.

Is this the 'I know we are headed toward the tree, but it costs too much
to bribe the driver to turn the wheel' argument?

>...and one thing, by the way, I always get a kick out of. We talk about
>"those" companies doing nasty things for the profit motive, but I
>guarantee you that if you have a pension plan, "those" companies are
>helping to earn YOU the money to provide a pension.

Let me see... because we are not independently wealthy and quite literally
are stuck in a system which keeps the basic means of sustaining life under
'lock and key' to be released only at a profit to someone else, we have no
right to or are somehow wrong to question the wisdom of continuing to
maintain that system?

Greg Brown
theraven@stlnet.com

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