But if capitalism had built up science as a productive force, the very character of the new mode of production was serving to make capitalism itself unnecessary. (John Desmond Bernal)

But if capitalism had built up science as a productive force, the very character of the new mode of production was serving to make capitalism itself unnecessary.

John Desmond Bernal

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