Re: Conclusions

Dear Paul,

        Those are your conclusions, not some hypothetical arbiter's
conclusions.

        Our assumptions, including our understandings of the dynamics of
capitalism and the existence or non-existence of governmental actors in
the world-system able to lead us to a global New Deal, are so different
that I see no point in continuing to debate praxis with you.  Let's hope
you're right, let's hope I'm wrong, and let it go at that.

        Best wishes,

        Warren 


On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Paul Riesz wrote:

> Dear Warren:
> Any objective and neutral observer of our discussions (supposing such a
> person exists) would have to conclude that:
> 1. You assert repeatedly that capitalism is inherently evil and cannot be
> reformed, while in verifiable fact reformed Societies based on private
> enterprise DO EXIST and offer their people a degree of happiness unattained
> anywhere else.
> 2. You profess your faith in the final arrival of a democratic, justice
> dealing and environment preserving Socialist World State. The verifiable
> evidence seems to indicate that such an outcome is at least not at all
> probable, since the many past efforts to organize such a Society have
> always ended up in having to rely on repression and terror to keep in power
> for some time and have ultimately failed.
> 3. You did not address my arguments, that actions urgently needed to
> prevent a major world wide disaster, could only be taken by governments
> with tried out, high levels of efficiency, enjoying the support and loyalty
> of their citizens and that such conditions can only be met by governments
> combining the best features of both systems.
> 
> Regards         Paul Riesz
> 
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