[lbo-talk] let's argue about the cause of mental illness

Chris Doss lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 27 11:51:51 PDT 2009


Russia's low male life expectancy has to do with alcoholism, not level of technological development. Same as in Scotland.

--- On Thu, 8/27/09, Somebody Somebody <philos_case at yahoo.com> wrote:


> From: Somebody Somebody <philos_case at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [lbo-talk] let's argue about the cause of mental illness
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 1:27 PM
> Mathias - I never said *knowledge* of
> technology is what primarily distinguished say, Britain and
> India, but their access and distribution. Although of
> course, knowledge is also an issue; good thing Indians are
> clever enough to be lax about intellectual property norms.
> Which is why Westerners are now importing cheap generics
> from countries like India and Brazil.
>
> Incidentally, Marx was right about India. It is
> recapitulating the development of the older capitalist
> countries. India just isn't that poor anymore. It's life
> expectancy now exceeds Russia! So much for the gains of the
> October revolution.
>
>
>
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