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Re: Re: Re: Doug tells the truth.or equal retort

The robinson quote is true but it is also a truism.
and in this case that was not the appropriate context
and that is not how she meant it.
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Paul Phillips wrote:
>
> >I would like to second Ali's objection to St.
> Joan's oft quoted
> >comment.  Ask some of the rural people of Russia or
> the
> >unemployed factory workers in China or Yugoslavia
> about the great
> >benefits of being exploited by capital.
>
> Remind me how the unemployed are being exploited by
> capital. Is the
> fact that they're unemployed, and therefore more
> miserable than the
> employed, the very point of her claim?
>
> Doug
>


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