Re: Oil and overproduction 3

["David Schanoes" <dmsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Margaret,

The question is whether the scarcity of the resource propels the actions of
capital and what that means for the Marxist analysis of the historical
necessity, prospects, for revolution, which requires a specific class
overthrowing the specific limits of private property.

Are resources finite?  Of course.  But so is your bank account, and its your
cash flow that determines when you eat, not the availability of the food.

And I hope that I never indicated that those who disagree with my analysis
or don't understand it completely are simple-minded.

I think it's clear that the Marxist analysis doesn't include, argue, or
suggest sitting on our asses.  It does require that we move and that we move
with a revolutionary program.  The logical link to the overthrow of capital
is at one and the same time its self and its negation, that is to say wage
labor.  I fear that Mark's analysis does not clear the way for a
revolutionary class program. That it may lend itself to austeritymongers,
cataclysmists, etc. despite his obvious revolutionary intentions.

Thank you for your response.

DMS


From: "viveka" >
> If you accept the fact that oil resources are finite as you do, then the
> question really comes down to how soon?  Does it really make any
difference
> here if we're talking 5 years or 20 years?


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