Sabri Oncu wrote: >Don't forget that this is not just a temporal/historical but also >a spatial/geographical system. Even at times of capitalist booms, >although the boom lifts some boats in certain locations, other >boats sink in certain other locations. I would say whether you >appreciate or hate the fact that capitalism often produces >"greats booms" depends on your location. And it should have been >clear by now that I hate these booms whereas you sometimes appear >as appreciating them.
I'd said: >It's awful, but I guess it beats slavery or feudalism. But it's also >a deeply contradictory system, producing wealth and possibility >alongside poverty and oppression. Doug