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<p>Hi</p>
<p>Thanks, Randy, for pointing us to this article.</p>
<p>I read "The Image" before I met up with the ICA. I was quite
excited to read it, since he gave a clue about how people form and
maintain their beliefs and how these lead to certain actions. I
learned how Culture and symbols play a huge role of (at least) all
people and their societies, whether they are a member of the KKK,
the Nazi Party, MAGA, neocons or the Civil Rights or Peace
Movements. What matters is the interests that these cultures and
symbols represent. To me the illustration of the current
distortions of the Social Process toward the economic is the
undelying social source of so many past and current cultures. I
find it most disturbing the way so many important cultureal
institutions, like the media and the education system are being
bought up or even more heavily influenced by people of wealth or
their allies. as Adam Smith said in "The Wealth of Nations"in
1776. "When ever these people get together, the public is worse
off. The talk is always about how to raise prices and lower
wages" </p>
<p>"All the goods belong to all the people" is a message that
neocons and their related movements would probably never use, nor
would they affirm the messages and cultures implied by that or the
many Human Rights Instruments affirmed by many countries (although
often not by the US). </p>
<p>From what I learned, especially in CSI was that culture is like
technology, it all depends on what the intention is, and how much
it is or is not an affirmation of connectedness and love or
separation and fear.</p>
<p>Best wishes</p>
<p>Richard</p>
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