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quite plainly he's in favor of gvrmoneent coercion to prevent "inappropriate" technologies. Clearly he advocates banning most modern food production techniques, relegating a large percentage of the population to back-breaking toil in the fields. For their own happiness, whether they want that sort of happiness or not. J. Hommes said he was in favor of gvrmoneent coercion "in some cases" and then claimed that was tangential to his point. No, it's not. It's central to it. People don't want to grub in the dirt all days for their food. They don't want to be bow-legged, dust covered, and smelling like a horse just to travel from one town to the next. They don't want to die from plagues and malnutrition. They like technology. Hommes and Roepke don't. They're luddites, fine. That's a choice they can make. I'm going to point out an example of unimaginvative thinking on your fellow Roepkean's part however, that is relevant to the discussion of technology....mobile devices have made many professionals (myself included) slaves to a "24/7" work cycle. China calling at 10:30 PM? Better take that. Important prospect looking to kick-off a project on a Sunday? If I don't respond he may go elsewhere. The very devices that make us work more efficiently also cause us to work more, longer, and at lower wages...Alternately, those devices let us spread our work more casually, organically and naturally thorughout our lives, rather than concentrating it here and there in artificial "work days" and "work shifts." The notion of Sunday as a day devoted to worship is a religious one, but the notion of a weekend devoid of work is very secular. And German. I use mobile connectivity to allow me and my family the freedom to order our lives as we see fit. I work from home some days, from the office others, from the road on a family trip still other times. I take breaks in the middle of the day to do things with my family, and work late at night when they are asleep to get the work done. I control when and where I work. There is nothing inappropriate about mobile technology in my life, but Hommes is not so adept at managing his own affairs, so he wants to do away with this disruptive force and go back to a more orderly German model of work. He is perfectly free to turn off his cell phone on Sunday, not check email after 5pm, etc. Will that maybe cost him money? Sure, but if it buys him happiness, isn't that the goal he's after? Giving up short term financial gain for longer term happiness? Learn to do it in your own lives first before you preach it to me. Speaking of preaching, you want to share the gospel? Please, go right ahead. A stronger civic society - the society of voluntary rules vs the coercive one of gvrmoneent laws- is a necessity. But you'll have to forgive me if I remain skeptical of a gospel preached by people advocating a German philosopher's vision of a hierarchical society tied to the land, with a "common purpose" and an aversion to technology, backed up by gvrmoneent "in some areas."
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