Comments on: The government versus the market http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/21/the-government-versus-the-market/ She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:20:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Webloggin - Blog Archive » The Government Versus The Market http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/21/the-government-versus-the-market/#comment-17329 Webloggin - Blog Archive » The Government Versus The Market Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:22:33 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2160#comment-17329 [...] [Discuss this article with Bookworm over at Bookworm Room…] Share Article government    Sphere: Related Content Trackback URL [...] [...] [Discuss this article with Bookworm over at Bookworm Room…] Share Article government    Sphere: Related Content Trackback URL [...]

]]> By: eeyore http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/21/the-government-versus-the-market/#comment-17330 eeyore Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:09:04 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2160#comment-17330 My father just died and he didn't want family to help take care of him in his own home. He said he was thinking of going to a home rather than burdening his children with his care. I know he didn't want people to cook or clean for him either. My father just died and he didn’t want family to help take care of him in his own home. He said he was thinking of going to a home rather than burdening his children with his care. I know he didn’t want people to cook or clean for him either.

]]> By: ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/21/the-government-versus-the-market/#comment-17331 ymarsakar Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:30:09 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2160#comment-17331 I don't see the point in planning a community. A community results from banding together to survive. Is suddenly the government going to exert enough threat of violence to make people band together in the planned communities? Unlikely to be efficient. City planning is one thing, but human beings are nor cinder, concrete, and marble. I don’t see the point in planning a community. A community results from banding together to survive. Is suddenly the government going to exert enough threat of violence to make people band together in the planned communities? Unlikely to be efficient.

City planning is one thing, but human beings are nor cinder, concrete, and marble.

]]> By: Synova http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/21/the-government-versus-the-market/#comment-17332 Synova Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:05:42 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2160#comment-17332 And old people don't necessarily want to be responsible for taking care of other old people. I don't know that I'd blame government for this. Communal living is sort of an up and coming sort of thing. I know people moving families into planned communities (in Canada, but...) and my cousin in Norway lives in a somewhat communal situation (but that's more like a housing associating on drugs.) But yeah, there are probably a few old people who think this sounds lovely, but most of them (as we're told over and over) want to maintain independence. And old people don’t necessarily want to be responsible for taking care of other old people.

I don’t know that I’d blame government for this. Communal living is sort of an up and coming sort of thing. I know people moving families into planned communities (in Canada, but…) and my cousin in Norway lives in a somewhat communal situation (but that’s more like a housing associating on drugs.)

But yeah, there are probably a few old people who think this sounds lovely, but most of them (as we’re told over and over) want to maintain independence.

]]> By: D. Reid http://www.bookwormroom.com/2007/11/21/the-government-versus-the-market/#comment-17333 D. Reid Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:10:11 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/?p=2160#comment-17333 It's just plain old human nature: as someone grows older and less able to "defend" themselves from life's real and imagined insults and confrontations with other people they seek to lessen the possible occurrences of those interactions. Communal living causes people to have to maintain a certain level of vigilance that can be stressful and taxing especially to older people. It’s just plain old human nature: as someone grows older and less able to “defend” themselves from life’s real and imagined insults and confrontations with other people they seek to lessen the possible occurrences of those interactions. Communal living causes people to have to maintain a certain level of vigilance that can be stressful and taxing especially to older people.

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