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MMc:  [[72:5 Industrial Organization|Section 5, paragraph 7]] reads:   

MMc:  [[72:5 Industrial Organization|Section 5, paragraph 7]] reads:   

<blockquote>“Two hundred years ago the profit motive was wholly dominant in industry, but today it is being rapidly displaced by other and higher driving forces.”</blockquote>

<blockquote>“Two hundred years ago the [[profit]] [[motive]] was wholly [[dominant]] in [[industry]], but today it is being rapidly displaced by other and higher driving [[forces]].”[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=72:5_Industrial_Organization]</blockquote>

I have two questions about this sentence:  What caused the profit motive to go out of favor?

I have two questions about this sentence:  What caused the [[profit]] [[motive]] to go out of [[favor]]?

   

   

MONJORONSON:  Because it was not sustainable.  When you explore a market and you saturate that market, and you increase your revenues by mergers and acquisitions, soon you dominate the whole global market.  Then what?  Then how do you grow?  You cannot; you maintain.  You become sustainable and that is what you will see within the next, less than 200 years here on Urantia.  There is only so much product you can sell; there are only so many goods that you can make available to people.  The problem is exacerbated by a world that is becoming overly saturated with people.  Markets have grown in the past due to population growth and as individuals became more wealthy and acquisitive and had the capability to buy more goods.  When these dynamic market and social processes begin to diminish or begin to be completed, then the amount of profitability decreases.  

MONJORONSON:  Because it was not [[sustainable]].  When you [[explore]] a [[market]] and you saturate that market, and you increase your [[revenues]] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions mergers and acquisitions], soon you [[dominate]] the whole global market.  Then what?  Then how do you [[grow]]?  You cannot; you [[maintain]].  You become sustainable and that is what you will see within the next, less than 200 years here on [[Urantia]].  There is only so much product you can sell; there are only so many [[goods]] that you can make available to people.  The [[problem]] is exacerbated by a world that is becoming overly saturated with people.  [[Markets]] have grown in the past due to [[population]] [[growth]] and as [[individuals]] became more [[wealthy]] and acquisitive and had the capability to buy more [[goods]].  When these [[dynamic]] market and [[social]] processes begin to diminish or begin to be completed, then the amount of profitability decreases.  

   

   

Many, many corporate and international corporate planners realize that this is what is in the future and that is why you see such aggressive mergers and acquisitions by large corporations and why you have seen the neo-colonialism that has occurred on your world.  It is because it is a finite planet, and that the place to be is to dominate the market before the decrease of population, so that your marketing and your production infrastructures are established and so that they can become dormant or decrease, or you can close production as necessary as population decreases, but still remain in existence after the population becomes stabilized.  The economy is finite; it is limited. It is a known factor and is little shared on your planet because very few people want to know about it and investors and boards of directors of corporations do not want to have that [as] part of their consciousness.  They feel that there is still much to do and much of the market to work yet, to maintain high profits.  The recent recession that you have seen in this nation and western nations offers a sample of what you will see in the future.  The high-flying profitability of the “90s in the first decade of this millennium cannot be maintained—it is impossible.  Those were the “good old days,” and you are seeing them now as you live them out.

Many, many corporate and international corporate planners [[realize]] that this is what is in the [[future]] and that is why you see such aggressive [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions mergers and acquisitions] by large [[corporations]] and why you have seen the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-colonialism neo-colonialism] that has occurred on your world.  It is because it is a [[finite]] [[planet]], and that the place to be is to [[dominate]] the [[market]] before the decrease of [[population]], so that your marketing and your production [[infrastructures]] are established and so that they can become dormant or decrease, or you can close production as [[necessary]] as [[population]] decreases, but still remain in [[existence]] after the population becomes [[stabilized]].  The [[economy]] is finite; it is [[limited]]. It is a known [[factor]] and is little [[shared]] on [[your planet]] because very few people want to know about it and investors and boards of directors of [[corporations]] do not want to have that [as] part of their [[consciousness]].  They feel that there is still much to do and much of the [[market]] to work yet, to maintain high [[profits]].  The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_recession recent recession] that you have seen in this [[nation]] and western nations offers a sample of what you will see in the [[future]].  The high-flying profitability of the “90s in the first decade of this millennium cannot be maintained—it is impossible.  Those were the “good old days,” and you are seeing them now as you live them out.

   

   

MMc:  I really do not know how to respond to that.  Perhaps I am one of those that are reacting to this without realizing what is going on in the minds of the few, as I am still tucked in with the minds of the masses.

MMc:  I really do not know how to [[respond]] to that.  Perhaps I am one of those that are [[reacting]] to this without realizing what is going on in the [[minds]] of the few, as I am still tucked in with the minds of the [[masses]].

   

   

MONJORONSON:  My suggestion to you, Michael, is that you begin to explore those people in your community who are spiritually oriented, but who have expertise in areas that you know need to be explored.  You will become a facilitator in your own team, so to speak.  You will develop a multi-disciplined, multi-area, multi-talented team of individuals, who are leaders in their industries or in their areas and who have questions.  You have asked expert questions in the realm of education and medical and services, which you have been exposed to all your life.  You may wish to broaden the breadth of your question asking by engaging knowledgeable people in your vicinity.  This will require you to become more socially facile and integrated into the community, which would give you a good project, now that you have more time.  We do not want you to get bored, Michael.

MONJORONSON:  My suggestion to you, Michael, is that you begin to [[explore]] those people in your [[community]] who are [[spiritually]] oriented, but who have [[expertise]] in areas that you know need to be explored.  You will become a facilitator in your own team, so to speak.  You will develop a multi-disciplined, multi-area, multi-talented team of [[individuals]], who are [[leaders]] in their industries or in their areas and who have questions.  You have asked [[expert]] questions in the realm of [[education]] and [[medical]] and services, which you have been exposed to all your life.  You may wish to broaden the breadth of your question asking by engaging knowledgeable people in your vicinity.  This will require you to become more [[socially]] facile and [[integrated]] into the [[community]], which would give you a good project, now that you have more time.  We do not want you to get [[bored]], Michael.

   

   

MMc:  I have been anything but bored!

MMc:  I have been anything but [[bored]]!

 

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*What are the higher driving forces?

*What are the higher driving forces?