Re: [Marxism] marx on machines

[Charlie <charles1848@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Re: [Marxism] marx on machines

Since Marx died in 1883, that quote is unlikely. Here is something along 
the same line:

In England, strikes have regularly given rise to the invention and 
application of new machines. Machines were, it may be said, the weapon 
employed by the capitalist to quell the revolt of specialized labor. The 
self-acting mule, the greatest invention of modern industry, put out of 
action the spinners who were in revolt. If combinations and strikes had 
no other effect than that of making the efforts of mechanical genius 
react against them, they would still exercise an immense influence on 
the development of industry.
--http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/poverty-philosophy/ch02e.htm

...
i am trying to track down an unreferences marx quote, which perhaps may 
not be the standard translation; the quote being:

Machinery was the most powerful weaponfor beating back the periodic 
workers’ revolts, strikes, etc. against the dictatorshipof 
capitalism.One could write a majorwork about the inventions since 1880 
that were created simply as weapon forcapital to wield against workers’ 
uprisings.
...



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