Revisiting Assumptions

Why is it that every household should have it’s own lawn mower and shovel and rake? Why, on a tight-knit suburban cul-de-sac can’t dozen’s of families share a snow blower, a weed eater, a power washer, a paint-sprayer, a CAR?

This pathology, that the nuclear family must possess—for itself and only itself—all the necessities of life (toasters, bread machines, coffee grinders, ice cream makers, CARS) came about not because it’s necessary, but because capitalism made it SEEM necessary because capitalism can only survive if it can find growth. That is, bigger markets…more people to sell more things too. Without growth, capitalism is doomed. Not doomed in a tragic way, but doomed in the sense that it will have to change its model. Those are heady changes that will require some revolutionary thinking, and hopefully that change will come about peacefully, because if bail-outs continue to be used to prop up the business-as-usual approach to things, there will be an awful tipping point where gated communities are invaded and national guard units are deployed and—let’s be clear—the rich don’t have a chance, they are outnumbered 1000 to 1. So to anyone who knows a millionaire, give them a clue. Get this economy in order, even if you have to pony up many millions, otherwise you stand to lose everything and the rule of law and the greatest platform for business ever (the USA) and your ability to make another dollar. Think I’m overreacting? Place your bet carefully.