Re: Capital is wrong

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

En relación a Re: Capital is wrong,
el 12 Mar 00, a las 18:01, Hinrich Kuhls dijo:

> At 10:41 11.03.00 -0300, Nestor Miguel Gorojovsky wrote:
>
> >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".
>
> So the rejoinder decreases to:
>
> The exchange process of commodities never ends. *What capitalism is
> all about*  is the process of consumption of commodities as the
> process of creation of labour-power, which is - as an acting force - a
> source of surplus value.
>
> If you see yourself recapitulated correctly in this summary, could you
> please comment on the difference between the exchange process *that
> never ends* and the "hiding" (Marx, Capital, Volume 1, last word
> before starting part III "Production of absolute surplus-value") in a
> sweatshop in your home town or in Microsoft's software factory.

I do not see myself recapitulated correctly in that summary. Will
return. A good weekend to all and everyone,





Néstor Miguel Gorojovsky
gorojovsky@xxxxxxxxxxx