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there's too many of them!
I really enjoyed that."That word 'choice' hides the individualist philosophy," he said, "which has done so much damage. There are certain times when we give up our choice - our individual, selfish choice - for the sake of the group, for the sake of the family.
"And yes, I am saying I wonder if it's useful for us to run our factories 24 hours a day, seven days a week - which may be economically efficient, but at the same time brings a dreadful nemesis to family life, and to people getting together, and being together, and people being able to play sport together.
"That's the cost of so-called choice. And I think we'll have to be very careful not to sell ourselves at this point."
From the Ross Gittens Opinion piece that Asquithian posted. For me, Dr Jenson is right on the money. It's on the same level as the discussion between Asquithian and absolution* on sufficient enough amounts of social cohesion and social capital. We can go all-out economically, but at such a devastating cost to the community.
I think we've entered an era where the hoi polloi doesn't care much for community, but rather the attainment of as much material wealth as possible. It's evident everywhere you go. You overhear conversations between people longing for the new piece of technology they long for, or what sort of upgrades they are planning for their car. They have no regard for the benefits of Marxist intellectualism (lol) but instead thirst for just more and more wealth, to the detriment of society.Whether this system of erosion of social cohesion matters in a world of MTV, ipods and the internet is debatable. Do people even need community?
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