>When people mount the soapbox and say "No
>more money after the revolution!" it strikes me as fantastic
>nonsense. Political action is all about how people deal with the
>realities that the present hands to them and what they can do to
>change them. They have principles - more equality, less exploitation,
>etc. - but nothing like a roadmap. Money has existed for several
>millennia, and it isn't going to go away anytime soon. Any better
>society we can make will probably still have money around. Who knows
>where we could end up, if we could ever get a good start.
When people mount their soapbox and demand "more equality, less exploitation", there is no alternative but to read them as demanding continued exploitation and continued inequality. A little bit less noticeable inequality and exploitation is what they are after. A more sustainable form of exploitation and inequality is what they crave. They ridicule any notion that inequality and exploitation and inequality can be eliminated entirely. "The poor will always be with us" they lament, "it isn't going to go away anytime soon".
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas