Seth - Thank You for your concise description. I visited because I really liked your "seed" presentation for Applied Anthroposophy last Wednesday showing an historical need for threefold societal contributions all the way from the caste system of India to the Middle Ages and disrupted by the division of labor in the Industrial Revolution.
But I found myself in disagreement with your basic premise in this article that saw the contract of work between employees and employers as mostly an adversarial and hostile relationship. You see Robber Barons exploiting everyone without acknowledging their role also as Captains of Industry whose entrepreneurial risks create the jobs and products that many of us need and want. Most people are risk aversive. They want the security of someone else's vision and be paid. They don't want the risk of "losing it all."
And using examples and quotes from the early 1900's like the Lawrence Mill strike just reinforces the sense you are fighting old tired cliches. Yes, you acknowledge the Labor Movement's accomplishments. But we have come light years since the textile mill strikes. Capitalism has done more to lift people out of poverty than any other economic system. Can it evolve and improve? Yes.
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with your underlying principles, but your language does not aid your cause as it seems dated and reminiscent of a dialectical adversarial system. I lived in a truly Marxist economy for three years in a volunteer intentional community and loved it. It was one of the best phases of my younger life. It was called Camphill Copake. I look forward to reading more of your posts since you are a thinker and that is a rare breed.
Thank You, Jerome Kocher
PS When you mentioned Joel as a companion on the path, did you mean Joel Morrow from Great Barrington. He was a friend of mine. Thanks again!
Seth - Thank You for your concise description. I visited because I really liked your "seed" presentation for Applied Anthroposophy last Wednesday showing an historical need for threefold societal contributions all the way from the caste system of India to the Middle Ages and disrupted by the division of labor in the Industrial Revolution.
But I found myself in disagreement with your basic premise in this article that saw the contract of work between employees and employers as mostly an adversarial and hostile relationship. You see Robber Barons exploiting everyone without acknowledging their role also as Captains of Industry whose entrepreneurial risks create the jobs and products that many of us need and want. Most people are risk aversive. They want the security of someone else's vision and be paid. They don't want the risk of "losing it all."
And using examples and quotes from the early 1900's like the Lawrence Mill strike just reinforces the sense you are fighting old tired cliches. Yes, you acknowledge the Labor Movement's accomplishments. But we have come light years since the textile mill strikes. Capitalism has done more to lift people out of poverty than any other economic system. Can it evolve and improve? Yes.
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with your underlying principles, but your language does not aid your cause as it seems dated and reminiscent of a dialectical adversarial system. I lived in a truly Marxist economy for three years in a volunteer intentional community and loved it. It was one of the best phases of my younger life. It was called Camphill Copake. I look forward to reading more of your posts since you are a thinker and that is a rare breed.
Thank You, Jerome Kocher
PS When you mentioned Joel as a companion on the path, did you mean Joel Morrow from Great Barrington. He was a friend of mine. Thanks again!