Sure. Greed is actually our survival instinct on steroids. That
doesn't mean we can't strive for a better way of living together. We
need to get serious about changing, and begin building toward it. In
the Bible, 2,000 years ago, and more, we Humans knew that it would
take a change in our nature if we were going to live together in
peace.
Carl Jarvis
On 1/20/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carl,
I was just thinking about you and all of the political stuff I read and
listen to, as I read this book, Born A Crime by the guy from The Daily Show
who is biracial and was born in South Africa. I got to the point in the book
where he writes about the Dutch India company and colonialism, and the
diamonds found in South Africa. Then I thought about the Egyptians and the
Roman empire. And you know what I think the problem is? It's human nature,
it's greed and the need to dominate. People set up systems, and almost all
of the time, whether it's Soviet Communism or old fashioned western
colonialism or our American empire with its late stage Capitalism with
versions in Brazil, China, Russia, etc., you've got human acquisitiveness at
the heart. Can people be organized to set up and maintain a system that can
control human greed?
Miriam
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Miriam,
I'm convinced it will not change as long as we have profit as our bottom
line, rather than people.
Right now it seems to me that there is no "gumption" in blind people...maybe
not in the entire Working Class.
But after a while it will turn around for a few years...
Carl Jarvis
On 1/20/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I read part of it. It's depressing and it's no surprise. Lighthouse
Guild International is mentioned and that's what I was writing about
several weeks ago. Everything is too big, too commodified, all
bureaucratized. Why would the blindness field be any different from
everything else?
Miriam
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FYI:
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From: Aaron Espinoza Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 11:41:18 +0000
Subject: Opinion On Blindness Charity's And Money
Well worth reading.
Carl Jarvis
https://www.chrishofstader.com/blindness-charities-and-money-part-1-th
e-aggregation/
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