Re: AUT: Remarks on Midnight Notes

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gerald Levy wrote:

>2) To ask "what does this fine distinction do for you politically" is to
>ask the wrong question. The "ultimate aim" of _Capital_ was to "reveal the
>economic law of motion of modern society". It was not intended as a "How
>to" book re strategy and tactics for revolutionaries.

Surely the guy who wrote that famous thesis about changing the world, and
not merely understanding it, might have a slightly different take on this
question.

Paul said:

>Yes: but what is produced by cooking, eating, etc. is not "labor power"
>the commodity but the laborer herself.

I understand how the distinction between the laborer and his or her labor
power can be useful, but in this context it reads like a dodge to me. No
laborer, no labor power.

Doug





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