Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Apr 30, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Eric Beck wrote:
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> >> Which suggests that the co-op/worker ownership movement can't
> >> really grow
> >> without a sympathetic state, eh?
> >
> > Can you say small sample size?
>
> Yeah, but social life often doesn't provide large n's. So you have to
> supplement it with theory. And theory tells me that states can
> accomplish things that small bands of individuals, especially those
> lacking a broader social vision, can't.
While I agree with the conclusion here, I'm a bit shocked by this personifcation of Theory which tells us things. After all, Eric is operating from Theory too. Hence TYheory as such does not tell us a damn thing. We reach certain conclusions by theorizing, and others reach other conclusions by the same process, and we have to fight it out.
Carrol