FOM: Reverse Mathematics and Capitalism

Moshe' Machover moshe.machover at kcl.ac.uk
Mon Mar 2 19:38:42 EST 1998


Dear Moderator,

You say:

>[Macintyre's]criticism strikes me as wrong-headed, just like the romantic or
>Marxist critique of capitalism and the Industrial Revolution on the
>grounds that they alienate us from our pre-industrial roots.  The
>plain facts are that capitalism doesn't prevent us from taking
>vacations in the countryside,

Is it politic on your part to inject your political views into FOM exchanges?

I am however glad to learn that inner-city dwellers in your country are now
able to take salubrious vacations in the countryside and that the ills of
capitalism are--as a matter of plain fact--non-existent.


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