>I had written his far when I checked my e-mail again and read
>intervention of Yoshie, Doug's response, and her response to that.
>Yoshie has put it nicely. I will only add that Doug's focus on those
>aspects of capitalism which change between the early editions and the
>evening news is merely the flip side of the dogmatism that consults
>_Capital_ to determine what to have for breakfast. Both dogmatisms are
>incompatible with serious political thought.
It's funny being lectured by you on the avoidance of dogmatism, but I'll let that pass.
"Between the early editions and the evening news"? Where the hell did you get that stupid caricature from? I listed several rather important changes between the capitalism of the mid-19th cenutry and the early 21st - a rather long period of time, and some rather profound changes. And i said there are great structural continuities, too. I wondered, though, how much analytical and political usefulness there was in pointing out the eternal verities. After reading your & Yoshie's responses, I wonder even more.
Doug