Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Cuban Genetic Engineering (was Jesse Lemisch)

["Ken Hanly" <khanly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

But you couldn't read all those marvelous fantasies Louis posts on Pen-L.

CHeers, Ken Hanly



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>
> You seem to be missing the whole point of what Michael Perelman called
> "self-provisioning" in precapitalist agrarian societies. Yes, the work was
> backbreaking but it was not done 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, 51 weeks a
> year. Read Juliet Schor's "The Overworked American" for a description of
> how leisurely such societies were in many ways. It is the same thing with
> hunting and gathering societies. Going out and spearing fish is tough
work,
> but once you have your catch, you can eat, drink, fuck and tell stories
> around the campfire.
>
> Louis Proyect
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>