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From: peter@nuchat.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Software (and other kinds of) copying
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Date: 30 Jan 88 19:42:18 GMT
References: <8055@g.ms.uky.edu> <174@piring.cwi.nl>
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Keywords: technology changes things

In article <174@piring.cwi.nl>, jack@cwi.nl (Jack Jansen) writes:
> Ok, I'll come up with something original.
> The problem is capitalism.

Where have I heard this before?

> I hope this doesn't make me sound like a dogmatic Marxist (I am neither),
> but I still feel that capitalism is the problem: people want money back in
> return for their efforts, and aren't satisfied with fame or esteem or whatever
> else.

Sure they are. People want capital back. Capital is usually considered
money, but really it's anything that you value or can trade for something
you value. Money is a handy token for capital, but fame, self esteem,
a nicer place to live, and good sex are just as appropriate. Physical plant
is also capital (something even the Soviets have to deal with... when they
pretend it isn't we get things like Chernobyl)... but I'm digressing.

People who don't understand capitalism are condemned to reinvent it -- poorly.
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