At 6:45 AM -0800 2/17/97, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Prior to agriculture, people hardly worked >at all, and didn't have a sense of "work" as separate from leisure (as far >as we know). The economy as a separate sphere of the world, in particular, >is an invention of capitalism. > >And please don't make me out to be stupid (ignorant, okay, but not stupid): >I'm *not* suggesting we should kill 5 billion or so people, destroy all the >machinery, factories, and buildings, give up agriculture, and practice >hunting and gathering. I know you're neither stupid nor ignorant Blair, but just what *are* you suggesting here then? Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html>