From: Paul Zarembka (zarembka@BUFFALO.EDU)
Date: Sun Feb 26 2006 - 10:40:52 EST
What do both of you mean, more precisely? We haven't yet faced major problems with independent emailing and websites so there remains a real democratic potential and practice. Are you claiming that these avenue will so close? Paul --On Sunday, February 26, 2006 10:22 AM -0500 Jerry Levy <Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM> wrote: >> Generally, Marx believed that capitalism developed human potential in an >> inverted or self-contradictory form. Thus, also in communication, the >> more it is technically possible to send and receive messages anywhere >> around the globe, the more restrictions are imposed on messaging by >> commercial principles, and the more communication flows are shaped by >> commercial principles. > > Hi Jurriaan, > > While a little bit off-topic, let me add that this view seems to conform > quite well to the experience of the evolution of the Internet. > > In solidarity, Jerry > > *********************************************************************** RESEARCH IN POLITICAL ECONOMY, Paul Zarembka, editor, Elsevier Science ******************** http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PZarembka
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