tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118661490825517058.post6127975407751391180..comments2013-04-22T11:02:13.420-05:00Comments on Not Ready for Facebook: Run it like a businessRobin Wallacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13833599423363541782noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118661490825517058.post-60352192566831045182011-04-08T14:30:55.754-05:002011-04-08T14:30:55.754-05:00Actually, I think the framing here is wrong.
Dec...Actually, I think the framing here is wrong. <br /><br />Decades of experience teaches the disinterested student of American history that government intervention in education, health and poverty-prevention all represent investments in economic self-interest. They reduce crime and disease and increase US competitiveness. <br /><br />I don't understand this dichotomy between 'government' and 'people.' The US government is an emergent property of the American people. What the government does is, in fact, what we do to and for each other. It is a part of the Conservative framing to pretend that government is separate from society. We would be well-served to reject this frame.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387000856873394814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118661490825517058.post-38164835663544212042011-04-08T13:55:17.374-05:002011-04-08T13:55:17.374-05:00One of the things I'm trying to suggest is tha...One of the things I'm trying to suggest is that the rhetoric is all wrong. Conservatives often say that government should stop trying to help people and leave it to churches and other charities. This would make more sense if the churches didn't largely subscribe to the same cultural mindset that drives everybody else. The question isn't government vs. private charity: it's love and faith versus the bottom line.Robin Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13833599423363541782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118661490825517058.post-38289609481794935692011-04-08T13:49:00.258-05:002011-04-08T13:49:00.258-05:00Well said! It seems we are caught between two econ...Well said! It seems we are caught between two economies, one where love rules and the other, money. It is difficult to reconcile the two. In fact they are antithetical to each other, as love is not a commodity for sale, but a free gift. Believers in the love economy (and it requires belief!) have to constantly push back against proponents of the money economy and their efforts to calculate all social transactions in terms of dollars and cents. The trouble is we do not share the same language and you cannot put price on love!ian shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436261120961635141noreply@blogger.com