Re: Metaphor and Mental Models

Dr. Ivan Blanco (BLANCO@BU4090.BARRY.EDU)
Mon, 9 Jan 1995 17:16:46 -0500 (EST)

On Sat, 7 Jan 1995, Eddy Steenbergen wrote:
>
> On Wed, 4 Jan 1995 11:17:26 -0500, Bob Lynch wrote:
> >If competition and war are not successful, does that mean that
> >Capitalism as defined by Ayn Rand is incorrect? I was always
> >under the belief that selfishness created by war and competition i
> >actually created wealth and prosperity for all. Any ideas???
>
> Short-term, it is hard to see how war and competition, which are both based
> on WIN/LOSE cultures, could possibly benefit all in any way. Some evidence
> is that in almost all capitalistic countries (eg USA, UK, Australia, Brazil,
> SE Asia), the gap between the rich and poor continues to increase. The
> unempowered and weak always lose without help.
>
> Eddy Steenbergen <esteenbergen@peg.apc.org>
>
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To add to this discussion, I would like to call your attention to
what Albert Koopman (Transcultural Management, Blackwell Publishers, 1991),
says "exploitative capitalism demands quotas, productivity, and quality,
all as part of the commodity outlook on life. ... Likewise, a bureacratic
administrative socialist system also alienates the purpose of work, and the
worker's purpose, because the nature of labor is still commodity based." I
see that there is a lot of truth in these words. There is no benefit for
in either situation, because both are exploitative. One exploits the
financial power and the other exploits the political power. I believe that
these forms prevent learning from happening, because it is not to the
benefit of those in command for the masses to learn too much! The
environment of a learning organization has to a true democracy, where
people are not afraid to say, to express, to share, etc.

Ivan,

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