Quotations

_ – From being a liberation machine to one of alienation
_ – About the little generosity of wealthy Latin Americans
_ – About sinning against hope
From being a liberation machine to one of alienation
The market capitalistic economy started as a liberation machine and ended up as an alienation machine. For centuries we entertained the hope that we would become free by consuming more and having more leisure, but what we have actually done is create a system where relationships –real human connections, not functional connections– are destroyed by anxiety and the fear of death. What really drives the search for ever greater returns in the capitalistic system is the fear of death, and that fear does not lead to establishing relationships. It separates rather than unify. This means that, today, in order to be a post-capitalistic militant, I will have to be a relational entrepreneur, who acts with an eye set on leading oneself and those who live and work with oneself, to that state of consciousness where physical wellbeing and psychological happiness take secondary pre-eminence, as compared to spiritual joy.

Christian Arnsperger

About the little generosity of wealthy Latin Americans
In spite of the fact that wealthy Latin Americans are increasing their fortunes more rapidly than their counterparts in all other regions in the world (11% versus 8% annual increase in their wealth), they only devote 3% of their financial assets to charity or development projects, while wealthy individuals in the Middle East donate 8%, and those in the US, 12%.

World Wealth Report 2007-2008 prepared by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch.

About sinning against hope

Do as you please, but never sin against hope, because there is redemption for all sins but for the sin against hope.

Carlos Quijano