Re: [OPE] socialist planning in capitalist firms

Thanks, Jerry. Yes. Also, I do not want to be read to conclude all
democracy is sham. Bourgeois democracy fails because it is formal and so
obscures, but the transition to socialism is a matter of winning the battle
of democracy.

howard

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From: "GERALD LEVY" <gerald_a_levy@msn.com>
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Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: [OPE] socialist planning in capitalist firms

>
>> hmmm . . . yes, Jerry, but only for the purposes of
>> self-delusion.
>
> Hi Howard:
>
> Only for the purposes of self-delusion? No. The mask
> (a 'necessary illusion', a la Chomsky?) hides the
> face of capitalism from _others_, especially the working
> class and serves to legitimate - and obscure - class rule
> and exploitation.
>
> In solidarity, Jerry
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