[lbo-talk] Changae: Desirable? RE: Lefty library of pdfs

[Carrol Cox]

I've always argued that, except for the necessary elimination of capitalism
(of wage labor and sale of commodities) most if not all change is
undesirable. This seems an example of my point. The appearance of a
technology that made piracy simple was bound to eliminate copyright in
practice. 

Also relevant: Teachers are more important than "the kids." In supporting
teachers (including university faculty) we support the production of new
work. And however "new work" is supported, most of it will be useless, so it
is no argument against supporting university faculty that most of them
produce nonsense. The price of the useful is the proliferation of the
useless.

Carrol