----- Original Message ----- From: "Somebody Somebody" <philos_case at yahoo.com>
"Personally I think redistribution is great, and that the welfare state is the greatest and most enduring achievement of the left. Moreover, there are parts of the world that would profit from a purely redistributional revolution, South Africa being a glaring example. But, in the long run the progress of human civilization and the growth of living standards does rest upon the continual improvement in the productive potential, as you point out. After everything's said and done, technological development does far more for social justice than workers councils and vanguard parties."
I disagree. If all we get to be is apes on airplanes, I'm not interested.
If technological improvement is done on the assumption of inifinte resources, I'm not interested.
If the issue of alienation is not addressed, I'm not interested.
Joanna