Harry Braverman (was Re: Labor: Menial vs. Noble)

[Dennis Perrin/Nancy Bauer]

>There is no _intellectual class_ under capitalism.  Intellectuals may 
>be paid or unpaid; and if remunerated, may be wage laborers (who are 
>paid barely subsistence wages, like yours truly, or paid decently, 
>like Michael Perelman), petty producers (like Doug Henwood), or 
>capitalists (like Bill Gates).  To put it differently, intellectuals 
>cannot be all put into the same class, by virtue of being 
>intellectuals; nor do they together constitute a class separate from 
>capital & labor.
>
>Yoshie

O wise Yosh, I was referring to the "intellectual class" among elite opinion
makers and framers of "debate"  -- you know, the Times, Wash Post, WSJ, et
al. Just a term, though. I'm not wed to it. If you say such a "class" does
not exist in present
time, I will bow to your statement. 

DP