From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Sun May 30 2004 - 15:41:43 BST
Which seems to bring us full circle to the politics of Noam Chomsky again.
How far are you going to get with an objective of dismantling or even
"controlling" capitalism ?
(Unless of course, you're proposing bloody revolution on a global scale.)
Softly, softly, catch ye monkey, I say - bring MoQ thinking into business
decision making of existing and new business organisations.
It's in the memes.
Ian Glendinning
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From: "Mark Steven Heyman" <markheyman@infoproconsulting.com>
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Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: MD MOQ and The Moral Evolution of Society.
> On 30 May 2004 at 12:21, David Morey wrote:
>
> > That sounds spot on to me.
> > I think we need to introduce new control
> > mechanisms and values to our corporations.
> >
>
> msh says:
> Or dismantle them completely? What moral purpose do they serve? Their
> only purpose, as I see it, is to shield CEOs and other executives,
> BODs, and major stockholders, from criminal and social responsibility
> for their profit-making activities, and to shelter profits from
> taxes, another way of avoiding social responsibility.
>
> I guess I can see value in the ORIGINAL idea of a corporation, a
> temporary legal entity granted a state charter for the purpose of
> raising funds and building a bridge, or a school, or something. But
> this is so radically different from what we have today that, to avoid
> confusion, we'd need a different word to describe it.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> msh
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