Enneagram Movie Board Archive

Re: 'different economic systems for different national cultures'

Re: 'different economic systems for different national cultures'

[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Jan's Enneagram & Movie Board ] [ FAQ ]

Posted by Dafyd on December 07, 1998 at 14:09:01:

In Reply to: Jan on world poverty and wealth: 'different economic systems for different national cultures' posted by Jan den Breejen on December 04, 1998 at 01:51:16:

: The French put lots of money in educating Africans in technical skills but with very little result. Perhaps our western economic system just is not the right system for every country

I doubt that's anything to do with the underlying culture. There's no point in having technical skills if one has no opportunity to use them.

: (and not even for all western countries; the number of stressed and over-worked people grows strongly in The Netherlands; E3 is the natural style of only 1/9th of the population...).

I don't think any country or type really benefits from our current economic system. But that's because there are more important things than material prosperity.

: I feel that the culture of -for example- the Russian people is very close to the E9 archetype; 'community' is the main mental concept in the Russian character. In the Tsarist period the economic system was based on communities and in the Sovjet system again. This economic system suits the specific culture of the country much better
: than the current imported E3 system which destroys many a Russians life. An individualistic western E3 economics DOESN'T FIT with their national culture at all; and I feel the chances are small that it will ever fit. So: my vision on the future of world economic growth is that 'different national cultures need different economic systems'. The enneagram can be a useful tool to guide this discussion: As a road map of course; not to be confused with the city...

Russia's problems have nothing to do with the inappropriateness of the system to the Russian mentality but are caused by the fact that most of
their assets were sold off to the most dishonest bidder. This was done in the name of a free market capitalist model and various dogmatic free
marketeers supported it, certainly. The same people probably all agree with Mr. Landes' theory.

Dafyd

Follow Ups:

Can everything be accounted for by ratty external forces? Don't think so. Jan den Breejen 15:43:36 12/10/98 (0)
Thank you Dafyd erica 09:52:11 12/09/98 (0)

Post a Followup

Name:
E-Mail:

Subject:

Comments:
: : The French put lots of money in educating Africans in technical skills but with very little result. Perhaps our western economic system just is not the right system for every country : I doubt that's anything to do with the underlying culture. There's no point in having technical skills if one has no opportunity to use them. : : (and not even for all western countries; the number of stressed and over-worked people grows strongly in The Netherlands; E3 is the natural style of only 1/9th of the population...). : I don't think any country or type really benefits from our current economic system. But that's because there are more important things than material prosperity. : : I feel that the culture of -for example- the Russian people is very close to the E9 archetype; 'community' is the main mental concept in the Russian character. In the Tsarist period the economic system was based on communities and in the Sovjet system again. This economic system suits the specific culture of the country much better : : than the current imported E3 system which destroys many a Russians life. An individualistic western E3 economics DOESN'T FIT with their national culture at all; and I feel the chances are small that it will ever fit. So: my vision on the future of world economic growth is that 'different national cultures need different economic systems'. The enneagram can be a useful tool to guide this discussion: As a road map of course; not to be confused with the city... : Russia's problems have nothing to do with the inappropriateness of the system to the Russian mentality but are caused by the fact that most of : their assets were sold off to the most dishonest bidder. This was done in the name of a free market capitalist model and various dogmatic free : marketeers supported it, certainly. The same people probably all agree with Mr. Landes' theory. : Dafyd

Optional Link URL:
Link Title:
Optional Image URL:

[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Jan's Enneagram & Movie Board ] [ FAQ ] movieboard/messages/1541.html

Your Ad Here