Re: [Marxism] The transition to capitalism: is it in our genes?

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Einde O'Callaghan wrote:
> 
> 
> On the basis od my knowledge of evolutionary theory, admittedly that of
> a layman, I can see no evolutionary mechanism which can be used to
> explain the rise of capitalism in England as distinct from France, which
> was at roughly the same level of economic development after, say, the
> Black Death - perhaps even more advanced since it was in broad terms a
> richer society.

Mark Lause gave the final word on this as relates to the article. And
you are right that defense of the article is nothing but ignorant crap.
But a footnote of some importance.

The statement that Country A is equal to, ahead of, or behind country B
tells us _nothing_ about which if either country was capitalist. The
implicit assumption that capitalism = development, development =
capitalism, is false, or at least has to be demonstrated in each
specific case.

Equally false is the myth that sometimes corrupts this discussion, that
priority = superiority, which is the height of ignorance.

Carrol


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