--- andie nachgeborenen
<andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com>
> Thos' question, not mine. I have a three factor
> analysis. I stand by it so far, and still think that
> of the three factors, oil is the most central. I
> doubt
> that we'd be here today without the other two,
> though.
Hmm, I just figured out that I am "Tho". You are right. Regrettably, I did use the word "primary" reason, which is reductionist. I agree that the motivation may be "overdetermined", that there could be a number of motivating factors.
I dont doubt that oil figures, but I am just not sure to what extent, and to what extent the other motives figure. Let me put it that way.
Thomas
===== <<Be like me! The Primal Mother, eternally creative, eternally impelling into life,
eternally drawing satisfaction from the ceaseless flux of phenomena.>>
-Nietzsche, "The Birth of Tragedy"
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