hglindquist - 8:15 AM ET July 27, 2005 (#22796)
Maybe we will rethink the irrational logic of "If everyone pursues maximum personal benefit, the result will be maximum benefit to the group." (Tell that to an Army platoon!) Unless we have the context of the group's shared goals, the resources of the group will be used to attain the goals of the "person" who controls those resources. (Which is fine if the Lieutenant is in charge, following the Army's rules of engagement; however, if the private seeks to maximze what he or she decides is best for him or her ... )
If those who control the assets of a corporation (Capital) have more power than those who provide the labor (Labor) for that corporation ... and Capital and Labor do not have an agreement on shared goals, as in the building of community ... and each are seeking to maximize their own benefit ... well, we have that now, here in the United States. (Obviously, the reverse would be true, if that were the case ... it is the tension between the opposing interests that contributes so much energy to the dynamic of capitalism.)
As Ireland has learned (and Norway and Switzerland) it is the community (as in the nation) that must establish rules of the commons, the ground on which business takes place, if the community is to benefit.
Lance's seven victories have meaning because there is a Tour de France ... not the other way around.
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