[Buddha-l] Withdrawal of the senses

[jkirk]

Hi Joanna,

>Couldn't agree with you more on this, Joy. Thanks also for posting this
>special reference. It underlines what I have thought for years: that the
>variety of capitalism, if not capitalism per se, is indirect or direct
>violence to anyone who loses in the competition that is so vaunted as a
>positive way of life here. The system that produces and promotes this way 
>of
>life is a version of Hell that the ancients had not a glimmer of.

Unfortunately it iis not only seen as a positive way in your country. Our 
future candidate for the French presidency, the "libéral" Nicolas Sarkozy, 
is a great admirer of the United States. What he admires most is the 
possibility there to come form nowhere and to move to the top, or the other 
way round ("on peut partir du bas de l'échelle et monter très haut, ou bien 
le contraire"), not questioning in the least the model of a society where 
everyone fights their way to the top, instead of focussing on solidarity.

Joy
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How about the Socialists' leader, Royal?
JK




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