[lbo-talk] Bonobo you don't

[Carrol Cox]

Jerry Monaco wrote:
> 
> 
> On 4/30/07, James Heartfield <Heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: [clip]
> >
> The following speaks volumes about the pessimistic underpinning to your
> > failure to understand the unique character of human civilisation:
> >
> > "For most of the history of homo sapiens we lived as hunter gatherers.
> > "Civilization" is a relatively recent phenomena.  It is too soon to know
> > whether what we call civilization will be a success for our species or
> > not. But that is just my pessimistic conclusion, which is neither 
> > here nor there in this debate.  I don't know if the human species  
> > will last a very long time."
> >
> > Well, talk about biting the hand that feeds you! Seriously Jerry, you owe
> > your existence, as I owe mine to this "recent phenomenon"
> 
> What in the world are you saying?   What does this have to do with the
> question?  Why are you saying this?  The question was, questions that you
> have not answered:

The question James is answering in the affirmative is "Can the human
species thrive while 6 billion of them drive luxury automobiles?" You
are contemptuous of human possibility for suggesting a negative answer.

Carrol