Dear world-system thinkers. I find your reaction to the amazon-proposal a
bit strange. I refer to the gut-reaction towards commerce.. Though our
system as we know it, has a redistributive system that is exclusive, abusive
and frustrating, that is no reason to reject economic interaction per se, is
it? Any better system will have that component as well. There are efforts to
design better economic systems such as LETS, mutual credit, interest free
banking, which seem to be working.
Back to Amazon: what is the exact fear? Eric Titolo wrote:
While I shop at Amazon frequently and find their prices for texts
significantly lower than the Campus Bookstore (Barnes & Noble), I cannot
support the use of commercial links for any educational institution.
but isn't buying a book there 'the use of commerce for educational
purposes'?
I have the exact opposite opinion as Eric. I do fully support the use of
commerce for education, which is much better than the use of commerce for
war, or for blind consumption.
greetings,
Camilo