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
Yes, you had but I still think you sometimes appear as
appreciating the booms. Well, at least, this is my perc
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 ha
>From: Sabri Oncu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>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
Doug,
I don't think anyone here would argue that when faced with a
choice between less misery and more misery, people would chose
less misery. By the way, I am using the word misery in its daily
form without any theoretical connotation and mention this so that
I don't find myself in a long debate
- Original Message -
From: "Doug Henwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>A friend of mine who spent a few
> years as a reporter in Vietnam interviewed Nike workers who
told her
> that they prefer their sweatshop jobs to what they would have
been
> doing otherwise - things like chasing rats in ric
Sabri Oncu wrote:
>Let me ask you a direct question: Is it your point that
>capitalism is not as bad a system as some of us here think it is?
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 a
