RE: reinventing capitalism
Topic: by Lenny
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From: Scott Malec [mailto:root@scottmalec.info]
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 2:51 PM
To: Lenny
Subject: RE: reinventing capitalism

> Good point, Brother. So what you are speaking
> about here is a Synthesis between Bloom and
> Crowley (and Marx)?

I think if you reread bloom's stuff you'll see that marx has nothing to do with anything.

He (Bloom) is talking about humanity as an organism, capitalism as being the way to harness all of man's innate predisposition towards competition, violence, territoriality, etc. etc. and consciously channeling it for everybody's benefit. Making people "at the top" realise that they will make more money and be happier if what they do benefits the ENTIRE organism -- down to every last cell (worker), in a very real way.

This shift will require people to have the kind of shrewd insight into themselves and each other that is verboten with organized religion, etc etc.

But can capitalism be "fixed" or is he reaching for something else entirely and calling it "capitalism" so as to not scare the corporations?

What about the school of thought that says capitalism, socialism, etc is all BS -- that it is information and technology that determines the living conditions of a people?

> I'm with ya, brother!
> How do we do it? Beyond mind and matter ...

don't ask me! If Jesus couldn't do it how the hell should I know?