We cannot disassociate this premise from its logical conclusion. So all other things being done or not, that do not get us moving toward full employment is failure. Which brings me to how our capitalistic society is being manipulated to reward the wealthy and not establish full employment. Capitalism can work to get us to full employment but not if the greed by the operators of capitalism is given a preferred status. I am all for allowing merit and creative innovation to have extras that reward their efforts but not to the extent that all others who show initiative or have little or no opportunity are shuttered. Remember, the goal here is to allow for all who are able to have a job that can sustain their own hopes and dreams within survival, not just the wealthy to become even more ridiculously wealthy.
This concept of having the most wealth or dominating all resources to make one feel superior is a sickness. The idea that "one can never have enough" is a scourge brought about by those who have no conscience. The purpose of life on our planet is not known by any of us. We are here though and we can control not only our numbers through birth control measures but how we operate as a society. We are fortunate that we have an enlightened society that can alleviate many of our ills while also propelling us out beyond our own Earthly boundaries. Yet none of this matters much if we are not mature enough to discard the negative approaches too many of us have embraced. Including archaic religious justifications for matters of life and death.
It is one thing to deal with our fears through some sort of soothing inner salve but it is quite another to force it upon others who have their own destiny to write. So apart from greed and to another extent power, the worth of our society is still the premise that we must all have a job to make our survival manageable. Nothing else will suffice. So we must have full employment and no amount of subjecting capitalism to anything other than that is acceptable. There has to be a limit on the most one can make and a limit on the least one can make so that there is balance within our economy to afford all a livable place within it. That is the goal, full employment, not fulfill some fantasy of being filthy rich for a few.
This concept of having the most wealth or dominating all resources to make one feel superior is a sickness. The idea that "one can never have enough" is a scourge brought about by those who have no conscience. The purpose of life on our planet is not known by any of us. We are here though and we can control not only our numbers through birth control measures but how we operate as a society. We are fortunate that we have an enlightened society that can alleviate many of our ills while also propelling us out beyond our own Earthly boundaries. Yet none of this matters much if we are not mature enough to discard the negative approaches too many of us have embraced. Including archaic religious justifications for matters of life and death.
It is one thing to deal with our fears through some sort of soothing inner salve but it is quite another to force it upon others who have their own destiny to write. So apart from greed and to another extent power, the worth of our society is still the premise that we must all have a job to make our survival manageable. Nothing else will suffice. So we must have full employment and no amount of subjecting capitalism to anything other than that is acceptable. There has to be a limit on the most one can make and a limit on the least one can make so that there is balance within our economy to afford all a livable place within it. That is the goal, full employment, not fulfill some fantasy of being filthy rich for a few.
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