Is There No Part of Our Lives Not Subject to Cost/Benefit Analysis?

The Lone Liberal

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Tue Mar-09-04 08:07 PM
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Is There No Part of Our Lives Not Subject to Cost/Benefit Analysis?

Edited on Tue Mar-09-04 08:09 PM by The Lone Liberal

Have we allowed all aspects of our lives to be subsumed by the market? Is there no point at which we say, �this far and no further?� Have we been reduced to externalities of free enterprise run rabid? Are future generations to be faced with private ownership of every aspect of life?

Why do we not fight for the commons? Are all of those things we possess together really only commodities, or are there some externalities that make them worth fighting for to preserve?

These are some of the points raised in the book, Silent Theft by David Bollier.

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greatauntoftriplets

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Tue Mar-09-04 08:10 PM
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1. Nope, virtually everything is for profit....

...one way or the other.

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The Zanti Regent

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Tue Mar-09-04 08:17 PM
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3. The gospel is Ayn Rand

Get yours. Screw everyone else.

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The Zanti Regent

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Tue Mar-09-04 08:15 PM
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2. In America, Ayn Rand is God.

The sad truth is that Ayn Rand has become God, and millions follow her disciples who have perverted and destroyed Christianity.

The American way is getting theirs and screwing everyone else.

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greatauntoftriplets

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Tue Mar-09-04 08:19 PM
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4. And she was chilling.

:scared:

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Tue Mar-09-04 08:20 PM
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5. Life has always been like that. Not carring about 'markets' has always...

...been a luxury for the very very wealthy in societies which rewarded you for being wealthy rather than for working hard.

The problem isn't that people make personal decisions based on cost-benefit analysis. The problem is that some really wealthy and powerful people can skew markets so they get all the benefits while others incur all the costs.

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