Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 09:43:49 -0800
From: Jonathan Kratter <jonathan-AT-kratter.com>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: baby food]


Hey Sean...

	I'd like to bolster what you said and also tear a little bit of it apart:

	Bolster:  In societies where the mother is not inundated with hierarchical
relationships and neglect from the time of HER birth, I think there is far
less potential for abuse because the patterns which create abuse won't be
present.

	Tear Apart:  Again, I'm sensing a little bit of the universal rights
sentiment in this post, the kind that says "we don't have any rules, but
everyone has the right to food, shelter, and happiness" which will lead to
us creating rules and governmental bodies to ensure that everyone has the
right to food, shelter, and happiness.  I think the best we can do is
assume that most humans are in fact decent people who will try and make
sure food, shelter, and happiness are equitably distributed in their
community.  I know this sounds unlikely in the face of the extreme
inequalities we face in the modern world, but when humans return to the
relationships which characterized our early history (pre-history or tribal
history), I think we'll find that the desire for material goods will be
much less, as it was "way back then."
	Also, if we don't assume that most humans are in fact decent people who
will try and make sure food, shelter, and happiness are equitably
distributed in their community, then we assume the need for some
law-creating body that will ensure equality, which is contrary to anarchist
thought, no?


	kindness,
	jonathan






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