In a message dated 7/18/2004 3:16:15 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
CB: Yes, the South started the Civil War (a
counter-revolutionary coup d'etat see Aptheker) because the slave system could
only survive by constantly expanding geographically ,i.e. by geographical
by Waistline2
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
CB: Yes, the South started the Civil War (a counter-revolutionary coup
d'etat see Aptheker) because the slave system could only survive by
constantly expanding geographically ,i.e. by geographical extension, or
extensive development. Marx discusses this in
This seems to have devolved into a discussion between 3 people. Maybe we can drop it
now.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
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by Waistline2
Comment
Socialism Betrayed - Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union by Roger
Keeran and Thomas Kenny is worth owning and reading several times. On a
scale of 1 - 10 . . . I would rate it 7.5. The 2.5 which prevents it from
being a 10 . . . are highly theoretical and . . . has
In a message dated 7/18/2004 10:41:09 AM Central Standard
Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
CB: Yep, I feel you. However, unfortunately, I am
skeptical about industrial society and its bureaucracy going away, going "post".
I think one could argue that it is going "super" rather than going
by Waistline2
Comment
Post industrial is defined on the basis of that which distinguishes
manufacture from industrial.
^
CB: Looking at the elements that distinguish manufacture from industrial, I
wouldn't call it post because it makes it seem that he elements that
distinguish industry
In a message dated 7/18/2004 3:16:15 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
CB: I'd
call it superindustrial, because the machines are augmented by the computers,
and the machines are the "absolute" in industry and thecooperation is the
"relative" term. The scattering of
I'd be interested in further comments on Keeran and
Kenny's "Socialism Betrayed." I'm not sure what to think. They put a lot of
emphasis on the destructive role of the black market, but it's not clear what
they propose should have been done about it. (They do more or less make the
claim
