Comments on: Seeing Red: An Era of Captive Democracies and Free Market Communists http://calpolymbatrip.com/2009/china/seeing-red-an-era-of-captive-democracies-and-free-market-communists/ The MBA Graduate Program at Cal Poly Tue, 22 May 2012 00:54:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Frank Blazkiewicz http://calpolymbatrip.com/2009/china/seeing-red-an-era-of-captive-democracies-and-free-market-communists/#comment-12199 Frank Blazkiewicz Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:50:13 +0000 http://calpolymbatrip.com/?p=1620#comment-12199 Thought provoking stuff. It does seem that in America there is an increasing tendency to try and replace functions best held informally by the community with functions regulated by the government. This is one reason I am concerned about the direction the country is going because I feel with the approaching Baby Boomer retirements (assuming any of them can still do it after this stock dump) will severly overtax our nations ability to create wealth. I also like how your pointing out ways to either re-invigorate the community or increase our own self reliance. The whole thing with IKEA not closing the loop for the community doesn't really concern me too much because I don't think corporate entities are particularly suited to be "socially responsible." After all we don't hear much about the philanthropy of the companies Carnagie owned, instead we hear about his own individual contributions (or the foundation he set up with that explicit purpose). The final thing I wanted to touch on was that I also see a similar slide toward the mean going on in international affairs. And this is quite worrying for America because it show a serious lack of leadership which is needed in todays environment. Thought provoking stuff. It does seem that in America there is an increasing tendency to try and replace functions best held informally by the community with functions regulated by the government. This is one reason I am concerned about the direction the country is going because I feel with the approaching Baby Boomer retirements (assuming any of them can still do it after this stock dump) will severly overtax our nations ability to create wealth.

I also like how your pointing out ways to either re-invigorate the community or increase our own self reliance. The whole thing with IKEA not closing the loop for the community doesn’t really concern me too much because I don’t think corporate entities are particularly suited to be “socially responsible.” After all we don’t hear much about the philanthropy of the companies Carnagie owned, instead we hear about his own individual contributions (or the foundation he set up with that explicit purpose).

The final thing I wanted to touch on was that I also see a similar slide toward the mean going on in international affairs. And this is quite worrying for America because it show a serious lack of leadership which is needed in todays environment.

]]> By: Chris Carr http://calpolymbatrip.com/2009/china/seeing-red-an-era-of-captive-democracies-and-free-market-communists/#comment-12196 Chris Carr Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:21:42 +0000 http://calpolymbatrip.com/?p=1620#comment-12196 Good post. Especially relevant given the recent G-20 meeting and post meeting Obama rock star tour of Europe. I agree that sometimes it is business and corporations that will need to step in and save governments from themselves and their repeated corruption and/or ineffectiveness. Of course, business bashing is currently in vogue and given the recent Wall Street scandals, CEO bonus pay, etc., said view will not currently win many popularity contests and will likely remain the minority view, at least for the short term. Good post. Especially relevant given the recent G-20 meeting and post meeting Obama rock star tour of Europe.

I agree that sometimes it is business and corporations that will need to step in and save governments from themselves and their repeated corruption and/or ineffectiveness.

Of course, business bashing is currently in vogue and given the recent Wall Street scandals, CEO bonus pay, etc., said view will not currently win many popularity contests and will likely remain the minority view, at least for the short term.

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