Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Eurocentrism once again

[Stephen E Philion]

On Wed, 23 May 2001, Louis Proyect wrote:

> >please quote what Brenner says and explain why it's a "pile of crap."
> >
> >Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
>
> "These thinkers [Baran, Sweezy et al] move too quickly from the proposition
> that capitalism is bound up with, and supportive of, continuing
> underdevelopment in large parts of the world, to the conclusion not only
> that the rise of underdevelopment is inherent in the extension of the world
> division of labour through capitalist expansion, but also that the
> 'development of underdevelopment' is an indispensable condition for
> capitalist development itself."
>
> 100 percent crapola. Pure, undiluted nonsense. Neo-Kautskyism. A rotten bag
> of potatoes that has fallen between two stools and can not get up, as my
> old friend Adolfo Olaechea used to say.
>


Wow Lou, it's a mystery to me now why Brenner wouldn't want to debate you
in an email 'debate'. How can one argue with such a strong critique as
'undiluted nonsense'...

Steve



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