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>From: <AaronLynch@aol.com>
>Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>Subject: Re: Selfish meme?
>Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 14:49:37 EST
>
>In a message dated 1/25/2002 5:12:21 PM Central Standard Time, Keith Henson
><hkhenson@cogeco.ca> writes:
>
> > At 10:29 AM 25/01/02 -0500, AaronLynch@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > snip
> >
> > >It's probably worth noting that the Enronism in business had a major
>effect
> > >on politics. Without Enron, George W. Bush would probably not have won
>the
> > >presidential race. (Even the Republican primary is a big question
>mark.)
> > >Arguably, the executives at Enron were acting as American oligarchs.
> > >
> > >The whole thing carries over into science as well, since the president
>of
> > the
> > >USA has enormous influence on the science and education budgets in
>this
> > >country. There are real consequences to the lack of effective scrutiny
>and
> > >real accountability enjoyed for so long by Enron.
> >
> > Cults are a manifestation of memes, often the really pathological cases
> > that demonstrate memes clearly at odds with genes. I noticed this
>morning
> > that one of the Enron people who had been freaking out over their
>hiding
> > loses in partnerships but had made millions when he bailed out of Enron
> > committed suicide. It is perhaps appropriate that Enron is analyzed as
>a
> > cult here: http://www.projo.com/report/html/06916181.htm
> >
> > Keith Henson
>
>Interesting article, Keith. Thanks for posting it. There does indeed seem
>to
>be a cultish aspect to many corporations. And a corporate aspect to many
>cults.
>
>
Corporations have mission statements. I'm not sure how cultish mission
statements are. Brodie talks about mission statements in his _Virus of the
Mind_ book in a chapter called "Designer Viruses (How to Start a Cult)". But
who actually ever reads mission statements, unless they happen to be
plastered on the wall in bold letters.
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