by Strummer » Thu 09 Oct 2014, 16:21:08
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('poaecdotcom', 'B')ut Why the hell do ZERO policitions/business folk talk about it ( at least openly) and why do I feel like 1 in 10,000 trying to explain it to people!!!
Because of the dogma that all progress happens due to hard work and innovation, and if you try really hard, you can achieve anything. The protestant ethic, that is the cornerstone of capitalism.
Admitting the huge influence of natural resources, geographical factors and other aspects of materialistic determinism would break this mindset apart and destroy the system from within. Therefore those ideas must be suppressed.