Please take these political discussions and opinions off list. This is not the appropriate forum.
Doug Fuerst d...@bkassociates.net ------ Original Message ------ From: "Bob Bridges" <robhbrid...@gmail.com> To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Sent: 21-Mar-22 12:38:04 Subject: Re: Trouble getting new mainframe staff?
I've a favorite tagline that says "the problem with communism is communism. The problem with capitalism is capitalists". I know, Bill, you weren't advocating communism; the point here is that that your complaint isn't about capitalism per se -- or shouldn't be -- but about how some people behave under it. Some, not all. In my ignorant teen years I used to advocate rigid laissez-faire capitalism, without all those interfering government busybodies trying vainly and foolishly to regulate the market. Then I learned more about the behaviors that the Sherman anti-trust act (for example) were trying to correct, and I changed my mind. By all means rail against the foolish behavior of this company or that (which is really the behavior of some managers in this company or that). But it's a mistake to blame the whole system for the sins of some. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* I hold it, that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. -Thomas Jefferson */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Bill Johnson Sent: Monday, March 21, 2022 12:07 As a social Democrat who believes a well regulated capitalism is the best system, I’ve witnessed the terrible outcomes of pure greed capitalism. The human costs, the absolute greed, the eventual closing of those companies. Global warming will be what shows how bad capitalism is. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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