[PEN-L:2421] Re: women & technol

["Peter.Dorman" <23215MGR@xxxxxxx>]

The relationship between ecology and socialism/democracy?  We need socialism
in order to have the instruments by which to create a sustainable society.  Of
course, having the instruments doesn't mean we will use them wisely, so even
in a "perfect" socialist society there would be a need for militant
environmental movements.  On the other hand, the environmental movement (among
others), by exposing the lack of democratic instruments for controlling
economic development under capitalism, provides a spur to the movement for
socialism. I suspect that for most people democratic control is not important
for its own sake, but as a means to a desired end.  Environmental ends (again,
among others) provide the substance.

Peter Dorman