Carl Dassbach wrote: > Van Gelder's proposals are, in my opinion, the beginnings of what socialism > should look like. Nature and humanity must not be seen as "others", they > must be seen as identical. Class based societies establish and maintain an > exploitative relationship between humans and nature (primarily for for the > benefit of the capitalist class) and an integral part of the "rational" > reconstruction of a society under Socialism is to establishing a harmonious > or a non-exploitative relationship between humans and nature. Van Gelder > "theses" are ways to begin thinking about doing this.
that makes sense to me (though I might disagree with details). However, it's hard to imagine implementing socialist policies in a capitalist society, especially given the general disorganization of antiestablishmentarian forces. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
