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Re: Bureaucracy
- Subject: Re: Bureaucracy
- From: Louis N Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 21:09:59 -0500 (EST)
On Thu, 18 Jan 1996, Robert Peter Burns wrote:
> Louis criticizes Nove for allegedly failing to recognize
> that capitalist firms (and government agencies) handle
> many complex tasks with the aid of computers. But is
> it not the case that these same firms and agencies
> employ millions of people in offices to do essentially
> bureaucratic work with or without the aid of computers?
>
Louis: Yes, it is the case that firms and agencies in capitalist America
retain people while introducing automation. When a thread about this
topic picks up, I may have a word or two to say about it. Meanwhile, Nove
remains shattered before me. Down with market socialism! Down with
porkchops! Have a good night, everybody.
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- Thread context:
- Re: Louis apologizes, (continued)
- Deleuze/Guattari on fascism,
Louis N Proyect Fri 19 Jan 1996, 01:57 GMT
- Bureaucracy,
Robert Peter Burns Fri 19 Jan 1996, 01:41 GMT
- The Conscienceless Jonathan Jaynes,
zodiac Fri 19 Jan 1996, 00:51 GMT
- Rosser, computers and socialism,
Louis N Proyect Fri 19 Jan 1996, 00:40 GMT
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