[lbo-talk] Understanding _Capital

[BklynMagus]

> A major, if not _the_ major goal of a socialist regime in 
any industrialized nation is to slow practically to zero the 
rate of innovation. Given basic needs, innovation in products 
or in production techniques is (except under extraordinary 
circumstances) destructive of human well-being.

I hope extraordinary circumstances would include developing 
better durgs (for AIDS for instance) to battle disease.

Also to Yoshie point: the better educated the population, the 
more they will recognize the capactiy for human beings to change 
and innovate.  The development of increasingly user-friendly and 
portable video and recording technology has allowed for a boom in 
creativity that has changed and will continue to change artistic 
expression.  You no longer need to pursue an MFA in order to get 
your hands on the equipment you need to be an artist.

Brian