Justin writes:
>Yoshie
>>>Furuhashi
>><furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> writes
>>>>>>Could you tell us why you think scarcity is inescapable?
>>
>>>Justin, wisely:
>>
>>>>We will never live on the Great Rock Candy Mountain, where roast
>> >>chickens grow on trees and fish jump into our frying pans.
>
>>But--from the perspective of any previous millennium--we do live on
>>Big Rock Candy Mountain...
>
>
>>Brad DeLong
>As the old joke goes, Who "we," white man? However, it is true that
>capitalism has made possible a great increase in standards of living for
>many millions. No one who has been bitten by the "Manifesto" Marx will deny
>that. That still does not mean we have overcome scarcity. Or ever will.
>--jks
So I have a question: even if we accepted this, is this an argument for having less? Or even for not trying to improve our conditions? You'll never overcome scarcity, therefore give up trying? Humanity will never be perfect, so, today, at this point, give up improving yourselves?
Paul