The Receiving End

Prof. Michael S. Rozeff, in a private e-mail exchange, writes, again touching one of the most basic principles of the situation we humans struggle with, this time the so topical monetary one that is menacing our future more than ever:

"I think that a workable procedure for currency reform is NO PROBLEM. The steps that can be taken are relatively simple. The problem is not knowledge, nor is it MAINLY ignorance of other people. It is entrenched governments supported by coalitions of willing people who are stubborn in their will to dominate the lives of others and take what they can get. The governments pander to people, they organize them, encourage the worst behavior, and spread it through the society. The evil results are due to the evil impulses in people and their capacity to form an effective organization to further that evil. People also have good impulses, but here is the essence of the problem as I see it. The people who have the most prominent domination responses are the ones most likely to form, enter, and run governments, and the people who want to live and let live are more prone not to, so that they end up on the receiving end of this nasty game. Then the dominators proceed to CORRUPT as many of the more retiring and passive types as they possibly can and to draw as many of the dominators as they can into their side."