[PEN-L:3095] Aztecs

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Is the whip used to force laborers to produce
>exchange value different from the one used to
>make them produce use-values?
>
>curious,
>mbs

No, it is the same whip. The question worth discussing, however, is the
impact of colonialism on Latin America. The Incan empire created use-values
that had benefit for their subjects, even if they were created under
duress. The Spanish colonizers created exchange value that benefited only
themselves. This is not a defense of feudalism. It is rather a statement
that there is no evil greater than imperialism, which Max Sawicky has been
seen flirting with from time to time.

Louis Proyect

(http://www.panix.com/~lnp3/marxism.html)