Reply #13: That's one of the challenges in building a cooperative society.

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The will, and means to do it at all. Basically those who do it benefit a great deal, but this can give them a status above and beyond those who don't, and then there is less incentive in the short term to make it spread. You can see this when Union pay is a LOT high than pay for non-union workers. Its good for them, but if unions were spending money expanding a lot more resources would be going toward that, and union pay would be only slightly better. Put simply, its not the most profitable thing to do for the union guys in the short term.
I'm not a marxist guru or anything, but I believe this is one of the things the concept of a "Vanguard Party" was supposed to address. You take this really dedicated group of proactive people who act as a transformative force for majority of people, who of themselves can't be expected to understand these things. As a Jeffersonian Democrat, I disagree with that notion. I think when the people are well informed they will make the right decisions for themselves...But the key word is well informed, I think that's what we are lacking. I believe that if people had quality information, they would be making much better decisions and our world would be a lot better. I see the challenge of our time, the Information age, as the discovery and propagation of TRUTH, no matter what forms it takes....Regarding a cooperative society, I am of the opinion that the VAST majority of us would choose it if we really understood it. That's our challenge. :)