On 7/28/06, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> > The thing about capitalism is that it always makes the grass > > everywhere exactly the same -- either AstroTurf or GM grass. I doubt > > that eros, which can't live without differences, will survive another > > 100 years of capitalism. We need socialism more urgently than ever!
me:
> it doesn't standardize everything. There are always niche markets for > the richer folks. I don't know what that looks like exactly in the > eros department.
On 7/29/06, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
My dear Jim, that's called kinks. Or perversions. :->
working-class people can be kinky, too. The difference is that rich people's kinks are expensive.
> But it would mean that the big difference is between > working-class and capitalist love... Do you think so? The ruling class appear to have lost their class in the eros department. Just look at Paris Hilton! <http://www.thesuperficial.com/2005/12/28/paris_hilton_has_an_itchy_crot.html> If this is not an argument for socialism, what is?
Ms. Hilton's crabs are expensive. -- Jim Devine / "... the greatest bulwark of capitalism is militarism." -- Emma Goldman.
