Re: [xmca] Rudolf Steiner

[Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net>]

I won't drag out the discussion, David, but the point is 
that (broadly speaking) you either work within the existing, 
dominant social relations of a country, or you struggle to 
change those social relations, or some combination of both.

I apologize if I have shattered your hopes, but improving 
education practices in the ghetto is unlikely to bring about 
a revolution and a social transformation. But there are 
plenty of other reasons for such work.

That doesn't mean that working from the top down is my 
"solution," and nor does it suggest that the poor should be 
abandoned.

Self-evidently, the observation does not extend across state 
boundaries.

Andy

David Kellogg wrote:
> Andy, I couldn't agree more with at least one thing that you said 
> below: it sure is a dreadful thing to say. Imagine a healthcare reform 
> drawn up along the lines that you suggest: we establish preventive 
> medicine healthcare plans for the very wealthy, and having shown that 
> they appear to work for some mysterious reason, we hope to find them 
> emulated by insurance companies in China and public health programmes in 
> India. 
>  
> Actually, Andy's solution of building clean, efficient, and 
> inexpensive subway stations   ...
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