>All addressed to Yoshie. The brevity of the answers and the insulting lack
>of content in the last one indicate to me a lack of willingness to do the
>work of a real debate. I do not think Yoshie deserves to be treated this
>way. Or perhaps exhaustion of thought upon the subject is showing up and a
>lack of ability to rein in if one has nothing to say. At any rate I would
>like to see a higher standard applied to such exchanges. One sentence
>replies contribute nothing to the scholarly level that Lou frequently
>demands of these exchanges. Perhaps sometimes a rapid reply does contribute
>a light touch, but I think the above examples are not so much witticism but
>oppressive repetition.
>thanks,
>Doyle Saylor
Not at all. Questions like how colonialism got started are baits of the
type that another PEN-L'er is fond of. They are not posed to generate a
serious response, but make the interrogated party look like an apostate
from Marxism. If I were to answer these sorts of questions like "How did
colonialism get started" or "Why has GDP gone up if capitalism is an
immiserating system" in the depth and breadth they deserve, I'd have no
time for anything else. Besides, the people posing the question should
answer it themself if they know the answer. And no quote-mongering from
Marx allowed. Kautsky maybe.
Louis Proyect
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