Re: [ox-en] "The science of persuasion"
- From: "Per I. Mathisen" <per leftist.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 22:51:28 +0000 (GMT)
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Casimir Purzelbaum wrote:
What you call "dog eat dog capitalism" is in this very phrase
described as a society of reciprocity, isn't it?
Cannibalism isn't reciprocity. The concept of reciprocity connotates an
activity that is not forced and unequal, but based on voluntary giving of
gifts.
"Exchange" in which you have to engage at the threat of social exclusion
(or even starvation) is not reciprocity, either.
The more a society is focused on reciprocity, the less it can be
considered a community!
We must be talking past each other.
- Per
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