http://disqus.com/people/dbf4f265ba5b21a266aac217bff0a651/enTue, 19 Feb 2008 23:41:40 -0000http://willwilkinson.disqus.com/more_on_hayekrawls_fusionism/#comment-3707504Please bear with me as I have only today discovered Flybottle. I skim through the above and am left feeling a need to just cry out, STOP! What are you doing, here? Isn't it enough to simply acknowledge that America has, over the last 50 years, somehow moved to an economic system operating in an environment which favors and nourishes the rich, while discouraging collective investments in others? Today the amount of wealth controlled by the top 10% of the population has grown to nearly 70%. This level of disparity has historically led to revolution or anarchy. We do not need to debate the nuances of economic literature, we need to analyze the root causes of our predicament and act to correct them. If that is what you are attempting to do, great. But I fear that, as the politicians today are saying, words, just words. We need grass roots action! We must focus on key problem areas and pressure decision makers into making changes. We must do whatever is necessary to understand and reverse a culture which, each day, becomes more polarizing, pitting one group against another with little real interest in searching for and examining the truth. We must somehow reverse a close - minded culture which immediately dismisses any new idea with platitudes, fear and anger born primarily of ignorance. We must work to create understanding and common ground upon which we can stand and begin to rebuild and stabilize America's attitudes, as well as it's economy. The current state of affairs is far from productive, to say the least. If there is a flicker of hope that things will change in January, let us fan that flame.Robert ParkerTue, 19 Feb 2008 23:41:40 -0000