From: "Anthony Crifasi" <crifasi-AT-hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Liberal vs. social democracy - Gestell/Gewinnst Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 15:14:24 +0000 michaelP wrote: > > Again, nature has been far more inficient with its stocks than >capitalism, > > since 99.99999 percent of all natural species have been naturally >depleted > > to extinction. > >Anthony, to speak of "nature" as dealing with its "stocks" is a near >perfect >example of gestell-speak; speaking thusly in the grip of gestell about >gestell is exactly what hides the essential nature of gestell itself; >misquoting Heraclitus: gestell likes to hide. I should have put "stocks" in quotes, or leave out the reference to "stocks" altogether and speak simply in terms of the disappearance of species, and I think the point would still leap out, because John's criticism of capitalism in that part of his post was specifically in terms of its tendency to let a species die off instead of saving it. I argued that in nature there has been the same pattern, but even more extreme, so capitalism is a better alternative than nature herself when it comes to saving species from extinction. Anthony Crifasi _________________________________________________________________ Is there a gadget-lover on your gift list? MSN Shopping has lined up some good bets! http://shopping.msn.com --- from list heidegger-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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