Re: US Presidents; an outside view WAS: Any comments? (Evolution - was Answers to Pet

Howard Brazee wrote:
>
> My bad.   I still don't see it as a zero sum for the system that uses
> money (our society).   The amount of stuff we have is different than
> before as we grow new stuff, mine more stuff, and create more services
> and art.

That is probably because, like capitalists of old, you consider that
all resources are infinite (for example the mine will never run out)
and that waste products are some one else's problem (who cares that
slagheaps go to school in Wales), and that other countries and the poor
are merely there for the exploitation by capitalists and imperialists.

In other words: as long as _you_ get 'more stuff' you neither see nor
care about those that wind up with 'less stuff'.

A capitalist argument is: if everyone mows their neibours lawn instead
of their own and charges and pays $30 for this service then the economy
will be $3 billion better. They will then try to charge a small fee for
coordinating this to make themselves a few $million better.