Re: Decaying Capitalist Economy

[markland@xxxxxxxxx (Dave Markland)]

>     The other major problem caused by the basic internal
>contradiction is that private ownership of the means of
>production determines that the motive behind production is the
>creation of maximum capitalist profit.

(snip)

> As long as there is class society, as
>long as there is private ownership of the means of production there cannot be
>efficient use of the productive forces.

The lesson of Yugoslavia shows us the problem with such statements (as well
as the myopia of "Market Socialism").  They eliminated private ownership but
kept the market, resulting in the inefficiencies of that social construct.
further, the market deepened class divisions in society.

Regards,
dave