Steel yourself

[Adam J. Thornton]

> And yes, every single
> one of them has a story about family financial ruin related to the
> oil bust of the '80s.  Funny though they do not view it objectively as
> related to larger issues of capitalism, technology and greed.  Why
> should they?  Who encourages them to?

Please define "objectively."  This is the second time I've seen you use
it--the first in an anti-science/anti-technocracy screed--and I don't
know what it is you mean.

Myself, I will state, for the record, that I am an unabashed elitist.  I
probably come closer to being a capitalist than a Marxist, as well.
Particularly since orthodox Marxism, as far as I can tell, does not have a
metric for the value of intellectual labor.

Finally, I owned and enjoyed a train set when I was little, although I did
not live in an igloo.

Adam
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