[lbo-talk] RE: Film Notes

Brian Siano siano at mail.med.upenn.edu
Wed Oct 22 17:26:05 PDT 2003


On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:57:04 -0700 (PDT), Miles Jackson <cqmv at pdx.edu> wrote:


> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Brian Siano wrote:
>
>> But could you please describe an environment where human beings can
>> exist, and where they would _not_ develop competitiveness?
>>
>
> Societies differ dramatically in norms and values about
> competition. In some human societies competition is
> a good thing ("competition brings out the best in people").
> In other human societies, competition is a bad thing
> ("competition undermines social interdependence"). The
> fact that you can't imagine a functioning human society
> without competition is a testament to the effective,
> thorough socialization you've received in a society
> that values competition.

You have _got_ to be kidding me. _THIS_ is your idea of an answer?

And please note, dear Miles: I asked someone else to provide me with such a description. You may take that as a failure of my imagination... but if _you_ can't imagine one, then that's _two_ failures on your side of the scoreboard.



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