Teleological Modernization?
My last response (and some rum) brought up another thought -- that the idea that modernization is teleological (destine to happen) means, to certain people, that those of us who have passed through the trials and tribulations of industrialization to enter Valhalla somehow owe those who are striving to get here an obligation to help them along the way. Similar to the evangelical nature of some religions (read Christianity), if we are 'saved' then we owe an obligation to our fellow humans to save them. If they are all going to pass through those difficult stages of social development on the way to where we are don't we have an obligation to pull them through the tough times with as little pain as possible? Or is it our 'right' as a society that has made it to watch the rest muddle though ... like watching a drowning man from our position of safety on the dock without throwing out a life preserver?
Just a thought. Feel free to talk amongst yourselves...
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