Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Leaders; real and fake
Leaders; real and fake
I am creating a new means of communication - as far as anything can be new in the world today. Pictures tell a story open to the subjective character of the viewer - truly Platonic interior teaching adjusted to the reality of the individual. Sort of like Arabic where it is more poetry and subjective with several possible meaning - almost impossible to be precise with this kind of language that is helpful in domestic and diplomatic relationships in large family groups or tribes..
Can democracy work when people are driven by irrational forces they do not understand ? Does the responsible elite establishment need to control the masses by manipulation of those needs and desires? Is government just another use of selling as done in marketing of soap, cereal and cars.Where has a responsible civic elite gone? Fox news, the Koch brothers ?
People of the enlightenment believed in the perfectibility of mankind, starting with a blank slate, and therefore the possibility of self government and a more perfect society. Politics comes from polis the civic paradigm in ancient Greece, their constitution was to make men better and better men would make a better society. They also believed people make rational choices.
Counterfeit money drives out good money - how can you tell what is real?
Does modern political systems just reflect the common commercial culture?
The success of marketing based on irrational primal forces in our sub and unconscious minds has produced its' own demand - |
Say’s law states that the production of goods creates its own demand.
In 1803, John Baptiste Say explained his theory.
“It is worthwhile to remark that a product is no sooner created than it, from that instant, affords a market for other products to the full extent of its own value.” (J. B. Say, 1803: pp.138–9)
This view suggests that the key to economic growth is not increasing demand, but increasing production. Say’s views were expanded on by classical economists, such as James Mill and David Ricardo.
John Maynard Keynes summarised Say’s law in his 1936, General Theory of Money
“From the time of Say and Ricardo the classical economists have taught that supply creates its own demand...” Another myth people believed for good reasons - it justified lower taxes and let the rich avoid the need to maintain the social contract since the invisible hand will take care of everything.
The Open Society and Its Enemies Karl Popper.
Popper saw the open society as standing on a historical continuum reaching from the organic, tribal or closed society, through the open society marked by a critical attitude to tradition, up to the abstract or depersonalised society lacking all face-to-face transactions.
Popper saw the classical Greeks as initiating the long slow transition from tribalism towards the open society, and as facing for the first time the strain imposed by the less personal group relations entailed thereby.
The need for leadership
In many studies of community power structures, one fact stands out – you need leadership. The West Side Highway in NYC has been planned for 50 years. The division of authority prevented action since the end of Robert Moses, the master builder, who knew how to get it done - Robert Moses: Long Island's Master Builder Robert Caro: Understanding Power :Robert Moses and the Fall of New York: Robert A Caro...
"Surely the greatest book ever written about a city." --David Halberstam "A masterpiece of American reporting. It's more than the story of a tragic figure ...http://www.amazon.com/The-Power-Broker-Robert-Moses/dp/0394720245
Atlanta has a focus for community leaders, so does Chicago, Minnesota twin cities, Omaha, Orlando, Austin less so Boston, Houston, L. A., Miami, as shown in Sports stadiums and big down town projects.
Now there is a lack of leadership in Congress, and POTUS has not been all that skillful. So little gets done since Republicans took over the house and disaster is around the corner.
Dr. Peter E. Pflaum, GlobalVillages wiredbrain@gmail.com
Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia in Amed Beach Jemeluk
https://plus.google.com/u/0/107996223416007599279/posts
practice of enlightenment & health
https://sites.google.com/site/practiceofenlightenment/
https://sites.google.com/site/dynamicsynergyworkshop/
https://sites.google.com/site/colorcodedpath/
I am creating a new means of communication - as far as anything can be new in the world today. Pictures tell a story open to the subjective character of the viewer - truly Platonic interior teaching adjusted to the reality of the individual. Sort of like Arabic where it is more poetry and subjective with several possible meaning - almost impossible to be precise with this kind of language that is helpful in domestic and diplomatic relationships in large family groups or tribes..
Can democracy work when people are driven by irrational forces they do not understand ? Does the responsible elite establishment need to control the masses by manipulation of those needs and desires? Is government just another use of selling as done in marketing of soap, cereal and cars.Where has a responsible civic elite gone? Fox news, the Koch brothers ?
People of the enlightenment believed in the perfectibility of mankind, starting with a blank slate, and therefore the possibility of self government and a more perfect society. Politics comes from polis the civic paradigm in ancient Greece, their constitution was to make men better and better men would make a better society. They also believed people make rational choices.
Counterfeit money drives out good money - how can you tell what is real?
Does modern political systems just reflect the common commercial culture?
The success of marketing based on irrational primal forces in our sub and unconscious minds has produced its' own demand - |
Say’s law states that the production of goods creates its own demand.
In 1803, John Baptiste Say explained his theory.
“It is worthwhile to remark that a product is no sooner created than it, from that instant, affords a market for other products to the full extent of its own value.” (J. B. Say, 1803: pp.138–9)
This view suggests that the key to economic growth is not increasing demand, but increasing production. Say’s views were expanded on by classical economists, such as James Mill and David Ricardo.
John Maynard Keynes summarised Say’s law in his 1936, General Theory of Money
“From the time of Say and Ricardo the classical economists have taught that supply creates its own demand...” Another myth people believed for good reasons - it justified lower taxes and let the rich avoid the need to maintain the social contract since the invisible hand will take care of everything.
The Open Society and Its Enemies Karl Popper.
Popper saw the open society as standing on a historical continuum reaching from the organic, tribal or closed society, through the open society marked by a critical attitude to tradition, up to the abstract or depersonalised society lacking all face-to-face transactions.
Popper saw the classical Greeks as initiating the long slow transition from tribalism towards the open society, and as facing for the first time the strain imposed by the less personal group relations entailed thereby.
The need for leadership
In many studies of community power structures, one fact stands out – you need leadership. The West Side Highway in NYC has been planned for 50 years. The division of authority prevented action since the end of Robert Moses, the master builder, who knew how to get it done - Robert Moses: Long Island's Master Builder Robert Caro: Understanding Power :Robert Moses and the Fall of New York: Robert A Caro...
"Surely the greatest book ever written about a city." --David Halberstam "A masterpiece of American reporting. It's more than the story of a tragic figure ...http://www.amazon.com/The-Power-Broker-Robert-Moses/dp/0394720245
Atlanta has a focus for community leaders, so does Chicago, Minnesota twin cities, Omaha, Orlando, Austin less so Boston, Houston, L. A., Miami, as shown in Sports stadiums and big down town projects.
Now there is a lack of leadership in Congress, and POTUS has not been all that skillful. So little gets done since Republicans took over the house and disaster is around the corner.
Dr. Peter E. Pflaum, GlobalVillages wiredbrain@gmail.com
Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia in Amed Beach Jemeluk
https://plus.google.com/u/0/107996223416007599279/posts
practice of enlightenment & health
https://sites.google.com/site/practiceofenlightenment/
https://sites.google.com/site/dynamicsynergyworkshop/
https://sites.google.com/site/colorcodedpath/
