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     %CAPITAL ECONOMY INDIVIDUAL COMMUNAL INTEGRITY 920806

     In  a capitalistic economy there is encouragement  to
individuals  to  take  advantage  of  the  environment  to
achieve  personal  gain.  The environment is  regarded  as
usable  and  abuseable.    The economic  system  does  not
require an approach  of respect,  nor expect reverence and
awe  in regards  to  the environment.   Thus a  crisis  as
regards    environmental   integrity   is   the    natural
consequence.

     A modified capitalistic economy seeks to gain control
over   the   individualistic  uses  and  abuses   of   the
environment by sending mixed signals;  imposing legalistic
regulations  on  uses and abuses of  the  environment.   A
modified   capitalistic   economy  does  not   involve   a
fundamental    modification   of   the   nature   of   the
encouragement of economic activity.  It does not involve a
basic restructuring of the ideals, values and attitudes of
the capitalistic economy. It does involve a futile attempt
through legalistic systems to control addictive behavior.

     To  be   integrative in  our  modifications   of  the
capitalistic  economies of the world we will need to  come
to terms with the truth that addictive behaviors cannot be
controlled through addictive efforts to be in control. The
modifications must be more fundamental in nature; touching
the assumptions,  beliefs,  values,  and ideals which  are
central  to  traditional  capitalism.  The  way  in  which
purposes  are  defined  and  regarded  must  change.   The
conception  of  the nature of personal achievements  which
are worthy of respect must change.

     Personal and communal integrity are impossible in the
absence  of  environmental integrity.  Any economic system
which does not build that truth into its conception of the
economic system will be a disintegrative system.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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