Ben, Thank you for a thoughtful and thought provoking contribution.
I would like to take up on several points
>What about those who do not have the knowledge (or the education) that we
>have? How do they perceive wealth and money? Do they have the luxury of
>separating the two words, and exploring their philosophical meaning when
>they can barely feed themselves and their children? Too often I see men
>and women who are bereft of both money and the skills needed to earn money
>turn to violence and crime for survival. It is all they know.
One of the contributory causes may be that our society [and others] does
not distinguish wealth and money
>If we have learned anything from history and experience, perhaps we should
>have learned that neither socialism nor capitalism work well; they both
>have too many weaknesses.
Among them a tendency for 'wealth' whatever that means in each case to
'concentrate' until crime and violence are sensible survival options. You
are right ben about a system at work. It is something like success to the
successful and a limit in violence sparked by the breadline. How we avoid
the cataclysms that are the natural balances is an intriguing question. I
like your distinction of vountary service and am interested in wider
discussion of the issue.
If Price
The Harrow Partnership
Pewley Fort Guildford UK
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