Egypt, Twitter, and the Collapse of Top-Heavy Societies

[Ian Livingston]

Rich,

You are absolutely right about the inestimable value of love. It
doesn't translate into economic terms, but it remains a premium by any
measure. Still, it opens the question of definition. Venus? Cupid?
Eros? Agape? Philos? All of the above? None of the above? Is it a need
or a value? Etc.

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:28 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Ian Livingston
> <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>
>> Needs? I think food, shelter, safety, education, health and employment
>> are indispensable. No nation can survive for long when the majority of
>> people lack these basics. Do some people benefit unduly from programs
>> that offer these basics? Sure. Do some people benefit unduly from the
>> absence of these programs? Sure. Which leads to the healthier nation?
>> One could do worse than ask the Canadians.
> ___________
> all this aside though you make some fine points is the most important
> one not mentioned: love. the state can never deliver on that one. even
> if we had a perfect government/minder/ of benevolence the stark fact
> is  we all seem to be missing the most important element to human
> existence at one time or another.
> what monsters that condition has enabled
> I would argue there is no such thing as a healthy nation when dropping
> the sheer accounting of populations and diseases
>



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