Re: Capital is wrong

["Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky" <gorojovsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

En relación a Re: Capital is wrong,
el 11 Mar 00, a las 05:06, George Pennefather dijo:

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> > Fixed capital is not a commodity form.
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I would like to know what does George understand for a "form" in
Marxist thinking.

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> > Concerning the consumer market once the exchange
> > process has been completed the commodities in question
> > cease to be commodities and are at most simple use values.
>

I suppose that you are referring to the cycles of capital, and you
have messed it all up. To begin with, you seem to stick to the vulgar
economic distinction between the "consumer market", where
"commodities" are traded, and other markets. This was not what Marx -
nor any serious political economist, as against our current High
Priests of the Church of Economics- thought about. The exchange
process, in the conditions of capitalist society, in fact NEVER ends.
When the "consumer" finally puts an end to the life cycle of the
commodity he is AT THE SAME TIME giving new life to a new commodity,
namely labor force. Consumption is, at the same time, creation. And
what you, me, everyone creates when, say we consume a pound of pasta,
is ourselves AS A SOURCE OF SURPLUS VALUE. That is what capitalism is
about. If you do not understand this, George, then I would seriously
propose you to go back to the socialist kindergarten, if you have
ever been there. Or, better still, try a season at a sweatshop in my
home town, where you will learn lots on "commodities".

Oh, my. I don't know why I get dragged into these things...

>
> oh, well, so how does this alleged discovery affect Marx's
> conclusions if at all?
>
>   -AA.
>





Néstor Miguel Gorojovsky
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