From: Natasha Vita-More (natasha@natasha.cc)
Date: Sat Aug 31 2002 - 09:42:21 MDT
At 03:30 AM 8/31/02 -0700, Robert wrote:
> > The market is driven by culture which is driven by social needs
>
>Not just social -- most of us have a difficult time resisting thirst
>or hunger for very long.
Well, it's our bodies are driven by thirst and hunger -:)
> > - what we identify with and what we are told or advised that we should
> > have or do.
>
>Now we are getting into education (can one judge when one is being fed
>a line not in ones own best interests?)
If she or he has enough practice in critical thinking, and even then we
fall into the realms of being influenced by compliments.
>and what are the societal pressures
>with respect to tradeoffs in kin vs. self vs. offspring survival.
>
> > Politics get its big hands in it and tries to sort it out and divide it
> > in groups that fit its agenda. But it really is grassroots (fabroots).
>
>Politicians are motivated by personal/societal needs as well. It is
>not always grassroots -- clearly some people have greater access to
>the tools of persuasion. The people ultimately have the power -- but
>generally lack the means to use it effectively. [I think the case in
>the Philippines and the semi-self-organizing anti-Estrada demonstrations
>may be a good counter example.]
I was thinking volume and/or mass influence. It could be one element that
arrives at just the right time with just the right panache, creating a
tipping point.
Natasha
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