Science, Science, and Marxism

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Fri Jan 18 18:20:38 PST 2002


On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, joanna bujes wrote:


> At 05:31 PM 01/18/2002 -0500, jks wrote:
> >Dave and I
> >think that it is politically necessary and morally right to require those
> >who are able to work to do so.
>
> "Politically necessary"? "Morally right"?
>
> WHose politics and whose morality? Please elaborate. There's a brand of
> puritanism that wears a Marxist face.
>
> What if there's no work to be done?
>
> Joanna B.
>

Moreover: who gets to decide what work is? Is household work in your own home work? Care for your own children? Making dinner?

Let's face the reality here: everybody works; some people get paid for it.

Miles



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