My preference is for the "utility list" approach. Though I've been
"lurking" for some time due to present work commitments, I think
OPE-L is working fine as is, and if a second OPE-L-like list began,
with people of the same calibre, I think we'd have a "disjoint
conversation" effect unless we all subscribed to both--which sort of
defeats the purpose.
I would rather see the second second list -:) used as an open list,
with automatic one-directional traffic of all posts from OPE-L to
CAP, and discretionary traffic from CAP to OPE-L at the behest of
the list organizer, but I don't think now is the time for that
idea (this way, CAP would be an academic alternative for the, in my
opinion, completely degenerate Marxism list, without the danger of
it "white-anting" the quality discussions which occur on OPE-L).
Cheers,
Steve Keen