Post Class, 2/21 Ann

I did a little bit more research on neoconservatism since it was a phrase that I had not really heard of before.  Based on what I understood from the reading as well as our class discussion I understood them as being rational and believing in technical capital.  From the brief research I did I was able to learn a little bit more about how neoconservatives issues in America.  I learned that they are supportive of aiding other countries with financial and political means.  They believe in welfare unlike most conservatives although they are still supportive of the idea of having a free market.  I think I agree with this idea.  I think their needs to be a free market in order to motivate people to create new things and ideas.  The free market definitely causes problems though because it leads to exploitation and often times poverty for the lowest class in society.  I think Habermas is trying to argue that it is okay not to have an obsession with creating new things and new ideas.  We have already created functional ways to survive and have more technology than we really need so why is everybody so obsessed with becoming more modern?  We have already gone past being modern and we are now in a stage of post-modernity.  Personally I think that too much progress and technology is not good. People need to take time to appreciate the world that we live in instead of always striving to find something new and different.  I think technology has changed people into robots that just stare at screens all day and live their lives on the internet, or watching TV or playing video games.  I would be content with living in the modern world and do not see the necessity in entering post-modern times.