>As for Doug's apologia for innovation it is almost
>determined entirely by the needs of the system
Damn, Rakesh, I'd expect that from Lou Proyect, not you. I'm trying to preserve a distinction between capitalist science and the liberatory potential of a socialist science, and to preserve the traditional Marxist ambivalence towards capitalist innovation. The critique of innovation in itself that Carl Remick was citing is a species of romantic anticapitalism that Marx did a fine job on in the Grundrisse.
>The greatest innovative force of production would be proletarian
>revolution itself.
Well, yes, I'm with you there.
Doug