Yes, Mark, I am "twitching" my ass on a "library stool" because some magical person mentioned that population growth rate "must drop to zero" and made himself clear that the _US government_ should adjust its population accordingly. Yes, I am still twitching my ass because the same magical person warned me that I should be against population fanatics, Social Darwinists and hard-nosed empiricists who deliberately present ideology as science and facts.... No, Bartlett did "not" indeed mention "anything" about population!!! I was just twitching my ass! Frankly, I agree with you on many issues, Mark, particulary with your deep awarenesss of the Soviet history and Leninism. but, somehow, we disagree on the fundamentals about socio-biology, gender, and race issues. why? I think Marxism would benefit a lot if we were to incorporate and discuss these topics more seriously than we regulary do. What I am saying is in agreement with Marx. You will get angry but I don't particulary see why you are so defensive of Bartlett at this point. Mine > > Daydreamers like Dennis Redmond and Doug Henwood are having amiably inane > conversations about 'the next great upswing', while the planet is burning > around them. Mine Doyran is twitching her bottom on a library stool > somewhere because someone mentioned the word population. I used to have the > same argument with the beloved Yoshie who once called me a racist because I > wrote about 'surplus population', until I pointed out that the coinage was > Marx's; I guess she must of went away and read Marx because now she too > talks about 'surplus population'. Doug is a political voyeur, who reported > on Seattle, DC, etc, and then came back and reported equally well on > Tulipomania, the latest silly headlines, Zizek's latest silly 'text' etc, > instead of doing what he should and could do, ie, show commitment and start > ORGANISING. Michael Perelman, whose book Invention of Capitalism I'm just > serialising on the CrashList, so let no-one say I don't like him, I do, I > really do, nonetheless has arguments about energy which go like this: what > is a waterfall? What is differential rent? What is absolute rent? Gimme a > break, Michael. > > Get with the programme, all of you. Get with the programme. > > Mark Jones > >
