Illustration of the Paradox

~ Clarissa

To illustrate the preceding paradox, let’s look at the Crazy Baker drama that played out last year and is likely to keep playing out for a while to come. Free-market right-wingers defined “freedom” as the right not to sell. At the same time, anti-free-market left-wingers defined freedom as the right to buy.

For the free-marketers, following the market dictates of responding to demand with supply was, all of a sudden, intolerable.

For the anti-free-marketers, a tiny and insignificant limitation on their capacity to buy was, all of a sudden intolerable.

Both sides, however, avoided discussing what was happening in terms of consumerism. Both, instead, took it to the realm of morality. Hence, both must agree that morality = exchange of money and goods.

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  2. I’ll let Emo Philips explain it to you:

    Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, “Don’t do it!” He said, “Nobody loves me.” I said, “God loves you. Do you believe in God?”

    He said, “Yes.” I said, “Are you a Christian or a Jew?” He said, “A Christian.” I said, “Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?” He said, “Protestant.” I said, “Me, too! What franchise?” He said, “Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?” He said, “Northern Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?”

    He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region, or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?” He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region.” I said, “Me, too!”

    “Northern Conservative†Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?” He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912.” I said, “Die, heretic!” And I pushed him over.

    http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/sep/29/comedy.religion

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