tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post2327235243853588125..comments2023-08-13T11:58:31.588-04:00Comments on Ghulf Genes: Honor, CapitalismADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-42319690377145382042011-06-19T22:56:13.229-04:002011-06-19T22:56:13.229-04:00Forty years, Montag, would make it 1971. That year...Forty years, Montag, would make it 1971. That year personal per capita disposable income was $14,512. In 2008 it had just about doubled to $28,741--all this in inflation-adjusted <em>real</em> dollars. It wasn't bad at all in 1971, as I recall. Easy money produces illusions, I suppose...ADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-43528626054477152412011-06-19T21:12:05.785-04:002011-06-19T21:12:05.785-04:00Agree that a society must confront reality, but fo...Agree that a society must confront reality, but for the last 40 years we have believed that our illusion was reality.<br /> <br />We must return to the human values you list. Then, we must "ignore" any ideology of reality. Be good regardless of whatever you believe to be real.<br />Goodness endures; what is "real" changes with generations.Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.com