Re: Consumer economy you say
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:09 am
I finished viewing part three.
Some thoughts come to mind, many times in this series people, elites, whatever you want to call them are attempting to figure out what to do with the masses.
Several times the statement is made that in this country they worried more about over producing and people having all they needed. Which to me would mean they didn't think the people would buy as much or had no need to labor as much. This leads to them wanting to make the masses bigger consumers.
These things make me think of something. A while back when thinking of how things would evolve naturally, a community doing work to achieve what they want, I thought of this. If the people found they achieved all they wanted and discovered 10% of people didn't even get a chance to labor that week, they would maybe start the next week working less hours each day, maybe they would soon discover 30 hours a week was all that was needed instead of 40. I also think of this when I hear presidents say they will create more jobs. A comment like that seems to only fit in a controlled society, one where someone has a greater goal and will find a use for all people, keep all people busy to achieve this goal. In a society or community created by the people, if what they achieved could be accomplished with less time, perhaps that is what they would do, work less.
What I am doing I guess is connecting something brought up in this series with something I thought about before. The fact those running things noticed that we might actually be able to produce things so easily now that we might get all our work done sooner than the predetermined work week. Those who think they are in charge of us couldn't have that, they needed to find a way to keep us working. Too bad we aren't in charge of this stuff ourselves on a smaller more local level. If we worked smart and developed and used technology right, we could be down to a 20 hour work week. But when some other entity uses us to build there dream, our work is never done. The pharaoh always wants another pyramid.
Some thoughts come to mind, many times in this series people, elites, whatever you want to call them are attempting to figure out what to do with the masses.
Several times the statement is made that in this country they worried more about over producing and people having all they needed. Which to me would mean they didn't think the people would buy as much or had no need to labor as much. This leads to them wanting to make the masses bigger consumers.
These things make me think of something. A while back when thinking of how things would evolve naturally, a community doing work to achieve what they want, I thought of this. If the people found they achieved all they wanted and discovered 10% of people didn't even get a chance to labor that week, they would maybe start the next week working less hours each day, maybe they would soon discover 30 hours a week was all that was needed instead of 40. I also think of this when I hear presidents say they will create more jobs. A comment like that seems to only fit in a controlled society, one where someone has a greater goal and will find a use for all people, keep all people busy to achieve this goal. In a society or community created by the people, if what they achieved could be accomplished with less time, perhaps that is what they would do, work less.
What I am doing I guess is connecting something brought up in this series with something I thought about before. The fact those running things noticed that we might actually be able to produce things so easily now that we might get all our work done sooner than the predetermined work week. Those who think they are in charge of us couldn't have that, they needed to find a way to keep us working. Too bad we aren't in charge of this stuff ourselves on a smaller more local level. If we worked smart and developed and used technology right, we could be down to a 20 hour work week. But when some other entity uses us to build there dream, our work is never done. The pharaoh always wants another pyramid.