--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 22, 2007, at 10:51 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote:
>
> > Yeah, I hear ya. I can't be bothered with how
> they are made and
> > sold, I just want my Nike shoes to gleem when I
> wear them to the
> > mall. Thank Dog I got that big screen TV (easily
> fit into my SUV)
> > in time to see the kewl commercials that break up
> that stupid
> > football game this weekend.
> >
> >> Does it ever occur to people who take positions
> like this that
> >> most computer users have neither the time nor the
> inclination to
> >> get so deeply into things?
> >
> > Barbie says: politics and economic are *hard* ...!
>
> Political economy affects all of us, in scads of
> ways. If we want to
> be less alienated, anxious, and exposed to the risk
> of climate
> catastrophe, it would help to learn something about
> it. This is
> supposed to be democratic, self-governing society,
> right? I don't see
> how there would be similar social benefits from the
> masses learning
> Unix line commands.
>
> Doug
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