[lbo-talk] The Tape of Human History

Marv Gandall marvgand2 at gmail.com
Thu Dec 17 15:01:43 PST 2015


On Dec 17, 2015, at 12:50 PM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote: Actually, not my quote either. Who’s on first, etc. …


> As it quoted you by name, I should hope you haven't taken to referring to
> yourself in the third person! ☺
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> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
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>> The passage quoted here was by Marv, not me.
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> On Behalf Of Joseph Catron
>> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 2:20 PM
>> To: LBO
>> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] The Tape of Human History
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>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
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>> Wojtek and Carrol are idealizing the relations which existed between
>>> masters and slaves, lords and serfs, in order to make their dubious
>>> point that the relationship between capitalists (deemed to lack any
>>> sense of paternalistic obligation) and workers is incomparably worse.
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>> I don't know if it's "paternalistic" or wholly rational, but contemporary
>> capitalists certainly feel obligated to prevent the emergence of "let them
>> eat cake" scenarios, at least within their immediate spheres, and are
>> willing to put serious money into it. The charitable-industrial complex
>> that exists in places like New York is proof of that. In social
>> democracies, the welfare state serves a similar function.
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