Shame, guilt, conscience. It's all the same thing....

2009-02-09T13:29:00.000-08:00

Shame, guilt, conscience. It's all the same thing. The "cultural change" goes way beyond ostracizing execs - it's about a return to sanity and a departure from excessive materialism. The ostracizing is an effect

And you're right - you would have to change that complex.

But this isn't so crazy. I think there is a reason, for example, that Slumdog Millionaire has become so popular in our country, and that reason is perspective.

Cultural change is slow, but I think it's the only way to make capitalism sustainable. If we continue to allow a culture that encourages greed and materialism, we're going to keep running into the sorts of systematic mistakes that lead us to where we are now...

Shame? That's very Catholic of you. Throw in a l...

2009-02-09T07:33:00.000-08:00

Shame? That's very Catholic of you. Throw in a little "guilt" and it'll really resonate with the Jewish population.

But come on man, shame is really your solution? You have Madison Avenue creating desire in consumers, Wall Street rewarding executives for making more money, the media spotlighting glitz and glam, and everyone cheering the economy on with their 401K, making sure they have money to retire on. And your culture change solution is to ostracize some execs?

I think you would have to fundamentally change the Mad Ave-Wall Street-Media-Hollywood complex to affect that kind of cultural change. And at that point, it might just be easier to stay in Berkeley, wear some Birkenstocks, and rail against "the man." I mean, I hear there's always room for one more in PETA ;)

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Shame, guilt, conscience. It's all the same thing....

Shame? That's very Catholic of you. Throw in a l...