From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Tue Nov 10 1998 - 14:34:17 MST
From: Bernard Hughes <bjhughes@istar.ca>
> Since I believe in maximizing freedom of the individual, I
>wouldn't want to force trading between the past and the future on
>others. I'm hopeful than self-replicating systems and the like
>will enable total individualists to go their own way, and various
>forms of collective association association to flourish. For me,
>the negative in Socialism is the coercion of those who don't
>desire to redistribute any of their wealth, not the desire to take
>part in a "gift culture" as well as a money market one.
Good point! Collective association's (like trade unions) can be
beneficial, and often absolutely necessary when dealing with an
organization that is both capitalist, and feudalist (almost any
modern corporation).
In recent negotiations, we started by opening up our thinkpads
pulling up the spreadsheets and saying " I thought we'd start by
talking about the recent 2 billion dollar stock bye-back, the 6%
increase in shareholder dividends, and management compensation for
the last three years."
We settled for a modest 4.1% increase per anum and a three year
contract. ;)
Brian
Member,Extropy Institute
"Wishing all current and former fellow Marines a happy 223
birthday!"
Semper Fi!!
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