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Richard Kole
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 Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:16 pm Post subject: Economics and Middle East Website |
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Hi Jai,
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VWall
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Location: Phoenix, AZ USA
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| Quote: | In four sentences, the basis of my case is this:
1. After hunger and thirst, sex is the most powerful genetic instinct which drives human society and this, in normal circumstances, essentially depends on the choice of the female.
2. Sexual choice depends on the individual male's status in the group. This is something we share with social mammals generally, more particularly with our primate cousins but taken to a high degree of finesse in our own species.
3. Although the status of the male in a group or community can depend on many qualities, it usually derives from competence in earning an income or maintaining inherited wealth and is most easily signified by the visible possession of property or goods.
4. The main drivers of economic growth are the demand for particular sorts of consumer goods which are scarce and expensive initially but are subsequently able to be mass produced at successively cheaper prices. In doing so, the status they initially accord to the upper classes is thereby able to be extended in stages all the way down through successive lower socio-economic strata through to the poorest workers. |
This is an example of a false premise.
1. Sex is important, but not very important, and it is always optional. It does not drive society, although it is always a popular hobby. A lot of people will tell you plainly that beer is more important than sex. And they mean it.
2. Sexual *interest* depends on status, sometimes. Status depends on a lot of things, not all of which are understood. *Choice* depends on much more mundane matters, such as availability or social approval.
3. Status always depends on grooming and social skills, which are not necessarily directly associated with income or wealth. A broke guy with greasy hair and a strong personality always stands a better chance of getting sex than a guy who only has wealth.
4. This does not seem to have any relation to the first three. In my opinion the main driver of economic growth is the entrepreneur's belief that he can make a profit by doing things differently.
This guy may say some things that are true, but they are not in his basic premises. |
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