[lbo-talk] Lefty library of pdfs

[andie_nachgeborenen]

Likely, no, desirable, yes. Though you and I may disagree about what would count. We also seem to disagree about whether it makes any sense to try and import living as if we were already there when we're not, or a good idea, as a way of getting there, to submit absolutely to the values of capital, which seems to be your and cg's idea. Nuff said, I had forgotten how fucking weird you guys were. Not all of you lobsters, which of course would include, weird though I am too, just you two. The rest of you are weird too, but in ways I can deal with more easily. Y'all get the last word. I'm done here on this thread. Night now.

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On Sep 11, 2012, at 9:57 PM, Bill Bartlett <billbartlett at aapt.net.au> wrote:


> At 9:04 PM -0500 11/9/12, andie_nachgeborenen wrote:
> 
>> Apparently Bill B and chuck think that writers _should_ work for nothing. I am flabbergasted. I presume that they would support busting the teacher's strike here to bring down wages to their true value instead of permitting teachers to exercise monopoly power.
> 
> Its a free market, if people choose to write, knowing that they won't get paid, I wouldn't want to deny them freedom of speech.
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> But I'm not insisting that they write stuff, for nothing. Not sure where you got that idea.
> 
> Other people may choose make a voluntary payment to a writer whose work they appreciate. Acquiring a wealthy patron is a tried and tested model for supporting the arts. All a bit backward-looking of course, but the alternative is economic freedom (socialism) and no-one seems to think that's very likely, or even desirable. So let's not even go there.
> 
> Bill Bartlett
> Bracknell Tas
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