[Xmca-l] Re: Minding my P's and Q's

[Harshad Dave]

Mike Cole,
with reference to your trailing mail, I just point out as follow,

If you go through my article URL as follow,

Article: "An Inquiry on Social Issue, Part 1"
URL - http://armgpublishing.sumdu.edu.ua/journals/bel/issue-2/article-10/

and then

"An Inquiry on Social Issue, Part 2" (on Page No. 51  )
URL- http://armgpublishing.sumdu.edu.ua/journals/bel/issue-3/article-6/

Read on the page 51 at....
“*According to a Forbes report, World of Diamonds – the makers of The Jane
Seymour Vivid Blue Diamond Ring – are organizing a special $2 million
dining experience for two, which includes a luxurious journey on air, land
and sea, culminating with a dinner at Ce’ La Vi, in Singapore. The cherry
on top? Owning The Jane Seymour Vivid Blue diamond ring as well”* [
http://mashable.com/2016/07/12/2-mil-meal/#LtweMIgWZgqL].

You will realize that it (the event of auction that you referred) is not a
prank or it might be a prank for some people who does not care to know how
the social system and its functioning work, but they are satisfied
themselves with the perceptions about this social system that they bear in
their minds.

Otherwise, a society where 8 hours labour is exchanged with say average 35
to 40 Dollars,
and
at the same time, in the same society,
a painting is getting exchanged with 1.4 million dollars indicates some
serious abnormality in the system.

A wise man will surely think there is serious error in the constitution of
this social system instead of designating it as a prank.
People might be surprised by the exchange amount dollar 1.4 million, but
more serious aspect is presence of people in this society that have such a
big sum under their command to pay practically against a painting.

If a man exchanges a justified average sum against a bread, one can link
his need with bread to satisfy his hunger through the exchange.

If it is a woolen coat, one might link with his need to get protection from
cold.

If it is leather shoes, a need to get protection from many odds while
walking on ground might be linked with, but

Which need gets linked with the above subject painting through an exchange
of such a big amount?

If you go through the small article on "Need" on following link you will
realize...
URL - https://www.academia.edu/36372183/A_Short_View_on_Need

It is the need of Zone 3 only that might be linked with the above subject
painting.
Satisfaction of all the needs of Zone 3 in our society is founded on the
unethical command on wealth.
No man in this world will agree to enter exchange for a thing/good or
commodity that might just satisfy his need/s of zone 3 only, where he holds
thing/good commodity or money/wealth with him earned by him purely
ethically to exchange with.

As per my view the subject prank is not a prank but a blot on the face of
our human society as far as the subject exchange is concerned.
regards,



Harshad Dave


On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 6:39 AM mike cole <mcole@ucsd.edu> wrote:

> Apropos of the discussion of a theory of value, the case of Banksy's art
> prank seems interesting.
> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/arts/design/banksy-artwork-painting.html
>
> mike
>
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