Cathedrals
joanna bujes
joanna.bujes at ebay.sun.com
Sat Jun 1 19:09:18 PDT 2002
At 09:51 PM 05/31/2002 -0400, Todd wrote:
>PS: Don't get conflicted: remember that feats like the Chicago skyline are
>possible by workers ability alone, and that capital as it exists now is not
>necessarily needed for it. Same goes for the cathedrals. See them more as
>a tribute to the workers, less as tributes to the capitalists.
But, wait, there's more! I just flashed on something Balzac said (can't
remember which novel)...he was talking about the monuments that other
civilizations had left behind, and opined that when the bourgeois era draws
to a close, there would be nothing left but cardboard and dust. Not much
there, there.
Joanna
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