Re: MD MOQ and The Moral Society

From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Thu Jul 21 2005 - 16:57:17 BST

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    Hi all,

    In several posts I've attempted to develop the idea that, in a moral
    society, privitization of essential services will be prohibited. My
    argument has been that such privitization will lead to the
    destabilization and possible destruction of society, and is therefore
    immoral in accordance with the Metaphysics of Quality. Recent
    history provides a textbook example illustrating my point:

    "In January 2000, just months after it took over control of the water
    system of Bolivia’s third largest city, Cochabamba, a Bechtel
    Corporation subsidiary hit water users with enormous price increases.
    These increases forced some of the poorest families in South America
    to literally choose between food or water. A popular uprising against
    the company, repressed violently by government troops, left one 17
    year old boy dead and more than a hundred people wounded. In April
    2000 Bechtel was finally forced to leave. In November 2001 Bechtel
    decided to add to the suffering it had already caused by filing a
    legal demand for $25 million against the Bolivian people –
    compensation for its lost opportunity to make future profits."

    http://www.democracyctr.org/bechtel/

    For more about Bechtel's attempt to corner the water market in
    Cochabamba, the resulting water war, and details of the political
    unrest, as well as the aftermath, see Jim Schultz's "BOLIVIA’S WAR
    OVER WATER." Here's a link:

    http://www.democracyctr.org/bechtel/the_water_war.htm

    Just food for thought, and, hopefully, some constructive discussion.

    Best to all,
    Mark Steven Heyman (msh) 

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