Did you
know that a great many of our private mega-corporations were publicly funded?
Would you like to know when we’re going to receive our cut?
As I
was scanning news articles the other day I came across an article on alternet.org
written about Noam Chomsky; for any of you unfamiliar with him I’ll just say
that he can offer you a more objective and ethical view of what is transpiring
in this country and our world.
The
article was written by Alexandra Rosenmann on May 20, 2016 and is titled “Noam
Chomsky Reveals The Hypocrisies of Capitalism in the Financial Capital of the
World.” Anyway, Mr. Chomsky was talking about how our financial sector is
tax-funded, and that instead of giving the public (that’s us) their fair share
of the profits after all these years; like they would a regular investor, they
kept it for themselves. I’m thinking about the billions of dollars residing in
offshore bank accounts (Microsoft, Apple, & many others) at this moment.
You can
find the article here: http://www.alternet.org/economy/chomsky-reveals-hypocrisies-capitalism-financial-capital-world.
So I
got to thinking about our institutions and what we can do to improve them. My study
of modern Chinese history and the horrible consequences of their cultural
revolution revealed that throwing away our entire history would be very detrimental to our future. Therefore, our best hope is to analyze and remodel
the parts of our society and institutions that don’t function effectively. I
needed more information about institutions.
I
looked on my home bookshelf and found what I was looking for. In 1976
(reprinted in 1981) Edward T. Hall introduced the world to an amazingly
stimulating book called Beyond Culture.
Mr. Hall expressed the opinion; along with other great students of the human
mind, that failing to fulfill one’s potential is the greatest tragedy that can
befall a person. He goes on to explain that our cultures and institutions act
as anchors which prevent us from fully developing as individuals and as groups.
This
reminded me of a video by Alan Watts (philosopher) where he explained that the
true goal of spiritual doctrines was to help people see beyond them; because
they are artificial creations of humans and limit us. You can view it here in
two parts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtgNjBqUVgU.
What do
you think? Want to know more?
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