Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/31

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Subject: [Leica] We Surrender: A sign of the times in Fort Wayne
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:23:34 -0500
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On Oct 29, 2011, at 9:41 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> I agree with you as far as today is concerned. Just remember, though,  
> there was very negligible bribery and corruption in India till 1969, and 
> it was still a disaster. The major bribery/corruption explosion happened 
> after 1991 when India took a major lurch towards liberalisation and 
> globalisation, which for all its ills has pulled more people over the 
> poverty line than Fabian Socialism ever did. As far as I can see, 
> Scandinavia is the only place which this has worked even half way, and 
> that is because of a small population, as it has in Singapore. Remember 
> the Labour administrations before Blair?

Do we have to address these issues with an either/or absurdity?
Sooner or later we're going to have to find the balance of 
capitalism/socialism/market/ecology/technology;
wherein we use our intelligence and heart to take care of our home planet 
and fellow "human-family-members."

or not

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist







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