re: #116 Decatur Deb

That’s true for some, and never unmixed. Watching a social control at work, it’s useful to ask “What fundamental purpose does this serve?” Your answer will depend on what kind(s) of determinist you are.

there are, for example, people who are so obsessed with sex, drinking, gambling and fighting that they believe that the only way to keep from doing so all the time is to work hard from sunup to sundown…which is a great agenda to push if you want a workforce that will keep busy.

Hence the Koch/Christian fundamentalist alliance.