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    PowerStruggle: free market theory

    free market would determine in itself which energy source would be used

    Started by: drpeppa Raves:1

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    Eventhough countries are implementing all kinds of dirty measures to ensure their advantage-production-capabilities' future, in the end the market itself is the one that guarantees the most efficient and effective method of choice.

    And a market capable of exercising brutal efficiency also results in some of the darker chapters in human history, from the Bhopal incident in India to milk contamination in China. We've seen the world at the market's tender mercies before ... during the financial meltdown of 2008, at which time most countries opted for intervention instead of the free market alternative. Should we have allowed the crises to run its course? And, by extension, should such efficiencies extend to other societal arenas? Should we embrace social Darwinism as well, since energy is so entangled in all human endeavors? And what of the machines which are said to have been at the core of the financial meltdown; the computer algorithms which were supposedly making the trades? Should we hand our survival over to the machines?

    very nicely put csven. Indeed markets take their toll on society. But is it not because society is grossly imperfect?

    Societies are constructs. Their flaws derive from the flaws of their creators. The questions remain: should we free the market of all regulation - all inhibition - and see who is left standing?

    it would perhaps put "us" on the right track or the "rightest" I guess. It seems so unfair doesnt it? But I guess it isnt, its just plain cold.

    My Dark Optimism superstructure could perhaps join the coalition of hope :)

    whoops, sorry. Posted on wrong discussion somehow!

    Fair is relative. The thought that comes to my mind is: How will the socially concerned members of our civilized society react? How will "love thy neighbor" Christians react? For all the pro-ubercapitalist, social Darwinistic hubris in the West, there seems to me to be a recurring disconnect with other, supposedly important elements in these same people's lives. That might pose some "cold" issues (e.g. given a choice between helping a fellow church member weather the winter and securing the safety of one's own family will doubtlessly introduce tensions the likes of which most modern, so-called civilized people have not encountered in their lifetimes).

    what do you propose then csven?

    Condoms. So long as the global population increases, the strain increases. As the strain increases, the more our civilized values conflict with our instinctual needs for self-preservation. We need balance. And the first order of business, as a species, might be to consider putting ourselves on the Endangered Species List and acting accordingly. But it's easy for me to propose this: I'm a (reluctant) atheist. Birth control doesn't impact any of my religious or social beliefs. And I don't have an answer for how to deal with those issues. Suggestions welcome.

    or the abandonment of those without hope

    Someone will have to make that decision, I suspect.




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