Brad: You note: >I don't know about this. It seems to me that in historical >perspective--relative, say, to being a field slave at >Monticello--conditions of work here and now under modern industrial >capitalism are pretty good... I sent a post a bit ago on how here (Cochbamba) hours are getting longer, life is becoming one interminable jornada (period of labor) for LOTS of poeple. This is capitalist modernity here. How do you figure that into your comment? Tom Tom Kruse Casilla 5812 / Cochabamba, Bolivia Tel/Fax: (591-4) 248242 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]