Re: The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age
"Laura" <[email protected]> Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:23:06 -0500
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01C40C2B.5DA8FF20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Salaam Charmi, Absolutely! You are right that the idea of social progress only being = made through capitalism is ridiculous. Technology has made capitalists = more money....but that is not the same thing at all, of course. =20 Advances have been made because humans could make them or needed to. = And the idea that capitalism is the only way to fund it is ridiculous = considering that many technological advances have been made under = monarchies, dictatorships, and even in communist Russia. I mean, come = on!=20 People just want to believe what is fed to them because if they thought = any other way their lives might be to complicated. Of course I know I'm = just preaching to the converted so I'll stop. Laura Hussain ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Charmi Miller=20 To: [email protected]=20 Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming = Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age this argument... that without capitalism there is no technological or = social progress is without basis. (obviously.)=20 charmi=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01C40C2B.5DA8FF20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Salaam Charmi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Absolutely! You are right that the idea of social = progress=20 only being made through capitalism is ridiculous. Technology has = made=20 capitalists more money....but that is not the same thing at all, of=20 course. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Advances have been made because humans could = make them=20 or needed to. And the idea that capitalism is the only way = to fund=20 it is ridiculous considering that many technological advances have been = made=20 under monarchies, dictatorships, and even in communist Russia. I = mean,=20 come on! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>People just want to believe what is fed to them = because if=20 they thought any other way their lives might be to complicated. Of = course=20 I know I'm just preaching to the converted so I'll stop.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Laura Hussain</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A [email protected] href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">Charmi = Miller</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 [email protected]=20 = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">progressivemusl= [email protected]</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 17, 2004 = 1:36=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: = [Progressivemuslimsnetwork]=20 The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious = Age</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P>this argument... that without capitalism there is no technological = or=20 social progress is without basis. (obviously.)=20 <P>charmi </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01C40C2B.5DA8FF20--