Re: Doug Henwood/Mark Jones exchange (from LBO-Talk)

["Ulhas Joglekar" <ulhasj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It would be inaccurate, IMO, to say that GREED is the driving force of
capitalism. This would amount to saying that the basis for capitalism is
human psychology. Supporters of capitalism have always claimed that
capitalism is rooted in human nature. Henry seems to share that view even
when he is critical of capitalism.

Further, a world war today would be a nuclear war and would involve
destruction of humanity. Socialism today has nothing to gain from a world
war.


Ulhas


----- Original Message -----
From: Henry C.K. Liu <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: Doug Henwood/Mark Jones exchange (from LBO-Talk)


> It is a fundamental truth that GREED, the driving force behind
> capitalism, is self destructive. It is the nature of greed to escalate
risk
> toward suicidal ends. The very defintion of risk is built on danger.
>
> As long as capitalism prevails, war is inevitable.  Yet war is the
incubator of
> revolution.  No revolution has ever been born without being delivered by
foreign
> war.
>
> >
> Henry C.K. Liu
>