JOHN A. TAUBE WRITES I�m writing the following because I feel that I have an important message to protesters in general and KPFA protesters in particular. Let me be up front: I think KPFA protesters are extremely dedicated to their cause, not one of them is so engaged for selfish reasons. After writing that, let me hasten to add that I feel that the protesters should rethink their position because in the long run it may turn out that they are harming society. Not withstanding, I think protesters should be admired for their sincerity. Let me be up front again and tell something about myself. I�m 86 years old and have been a member of Technocracy Inc. for 56 years. All this time, I have never protested against anything. I have, however, spent huge amount of my time doing just one thing: Trying to make people aware of one basic fact. Society - - operating with our laws of the land, which are intertwined with our socioeconomic structure, our �Price System,� this in our scientific-technological age - - puts us on a suicidal course. There is so much material to substantiate this statement that to note them here would overwhelm a person. Therefore I�m just submitting one piece. The San Francisco Chronicle, July 24, has an article �U.S. Laws Diluted by Trade Pacts.� I urge all to get and study this article. Left out of the article, but pertinent to the fact that we are on a suicidal course, is that we have become �Policeman of the World.� This is so because merchants have investments globally. Anyone who buys the stuff that our involvement in foreign matters is basically for humanitarian reasons is way off track. Back to KPFA protesters: Our suicidal course will not be impeded by any resolution that results from actions of KPFA protesters. I urge all protesters to rethink their priorities. Below is a letter to the editor, S.F. Chronicle, July 23, 1999, that you might find of interest. Dear Editor: The importance of your July 22, 1999 article �Electric Users Could Be in For a Jolt� cannot be overestimated. My comments on it, and a related matter (KPFA), reflect a background in Technocracy Inc., a scientific, educational-research organization. The local media has covered the troubles of a local radio station, KPFA, in every detail. Allowing for the same people at different protests, it would be safe to say that 10,000 people were protesting. My point: Their time could be better spent. How? Why? Read on. According to your article, it is very probable that we will have periods when electricity is cut off to a complete community � San Francisco � for instance. That�s serious. However the radio station�s problem is resolved it will not change the lives of protesters to any measurable extent. On the other hand, because the lack of electricity is a grave threat to our way of live, seeing that this problem is resolved is where protesters� time would be better spent. Think of this: Without electricity, one�s home is dark. Since it takes electricity to pump gas into one�s car, without electricity, one�s car becomes useless. Furthermore, also useless is one�s radio, television, phone, computer, etc. Technocracy calls attention to the fact that the inability of flushing one�s toilet over a extended period of time presents a grave danger � a serious health problem. It takes electricity to bring water into homes. I suggest this to the radio station protesters: Stop your protest �against� and direct your attention to protest �for.� For what? Read on. Technocracy finds that there is no �piecemeal� solution. Our situation calls for an entire revamping of society. In that we live in modern times, in a scientific-technological age and have not adapted to this new age, society�s survival is in jeopardy. What protesters should be protesting �for� is a revamping of society. Technocracy has laid out a plan for society to move from its archaic socioeconomic structure, our �Price System, to a social structure compatible with modern times. Those who take the time to study Technocracy�s concepts will be exhilarated to know that when (if?) we adopt this new type of social structure, we will have an age that will be the wonder of the world. Sincerely, WE ALL LEARN BY KEEPING THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN. LET�S HAVE YOUR COMMENTS.
