[lbo-talk] cushy life

[Michael Dawson]

> Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> 
> >The choice that confronts many is not between security, comfort, and
> >pleasure on one hand and insecurity, discomfort, and pain on the
> >other hand, however.  The choice for many is between more security,
> >more comfort, and more pleasure for themselves and their families in
> >the present and more security, more comfort, and more pleasure for
> >all in the future, under the conditions where choosing the latter
> >leads to less security, less comfort, and less pleasure for
> >themselves and their families at least for a short term (maybe
> >indefinitely), on top of the fact that choosing the latter may not
> >actually help to bring about them at all.  Nevertheless, choosing
> >the former doesn't ensure their permanence and may in fact lead to a
> >worse future than choosing the latter.
> 
> Thanks! I hadn't realized all that!!
> 
> Doug

Well, it's not science until Yoshie says it.