[Buddha-l] Re: Gog and Magog

[Richard Hayes]

On Wednesday 19 September 2007 10:12, Erik Hoogcarspel wrote:

> There's a new book out from Naomi Klein: 'The Shock Doctrine - The Rise
> of Disaster Capitalism'. I believe she discloses some of the capitalist
> mechanisms behind the continuity of conflicts. It seems that continuing
> a war can be more profitable than stopping it.

There never has been much money in either peace or health. That's why American 
government, always infatuated with the prospects of maximizing profits for 
billionaires, works around the clock to keep as many of us as possible sick 
and at war. (Me, I'm sick of war.) And, to keep us all happy being sick and 
bellicose, the government also works hard to keep us ignorant and 
ill-informed.

By the way, Erik, there are plans afoot for me (met mijn vrouw natuurlijk) to 
be in Leiden for a semester in 2009. If that comes to fruition, perhaps we 
can meet up and discuss capitalism from a madhyamaka perspective.

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico