ruling class subjectivity, was: Re: AUT: a rejuvenated communist

[commie zero zero <commie00@xxxxxxxxx>]

> For example, I
> don't think capital exists as subject, but as
> object.  Labor is the subject
> because capital is nothing other than labor
> alienated from itself
> (objectified), or labor in and against itself.
> Capital has no existence
> outside labor power.  Negri tends to pose labor and
> capital as separate
> subjects, as labor against capital, but labor is
> also the source of capital.
> Labor, in the process of becoming alienated, creates
> capital.  That is what
> makes it possible to destroy capital.

this has bothered me a bit too (as have their
regression from hegal and marx)... but i think it's a
common mistake. because, the fact is, the *ruling
class* is a subject (i.e. it is made up of people who
often make subjective decisions in relation to capital
and class struggle [as organizations such as the tabd
show] -- they exist in a crazy dialectic with
capital... that is: they partially control it, and are
partially controled by it). and often it seems people
say "capital" when they mean "ruling class", which is
an easy enough mistake to make, since it is, in some
senses, true... the ruling class is the human
embodiment of capital, and capital is (in part) the
movement of their decisions.

hmmm... not being very articulate today... hope this
makes sense...


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