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> From: Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [CHOMSKY] The "big/small" enterprise debate
> Date: Sunday, June 22, 1997 5:14 PM
>
> Dear friends:
>
> a) I am gathering info on IP law in Argentina. Did not forget, will
> mail it soon.
>
> b) The "big/small" business thread is fascinating. I hope I can add
> something from my own experience and knowledge.
>
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>
> But the clock of history cannot be turned backwards, and those
> societies evolve (in my opinion, inevitably) into today's corporate
> America. From this point of view, defending small business is a

Thank you! I was waiting for someone (else) to state this.

> misguided Utopia. But inasmuch as defending small business entails a
> heartfelt longing for a more humane society, where each member was
> able to sustain him/herself without forced expoitation by some
> Leviathan of money (whether this image is true or false, it is not
> important), there is much to be learnt from "small business"
> defenders.  It is, simply put, the ambivalent situation of middle
> layers of modern societies vis a vis the two definitively basic ones:
> labor and capital.

Remember, winning the hearts and minds of the middle class is extremely
important to both capital and labor in their struggle.

> Well, at least that's the way I see it.  I hope my comments are useful.
>
> Regards to all.
> Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky
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