[PEN-L:6794] Re: una preguntita

[Rob Schaap <carob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doug writes:

>Didn't Joan Robinson say that the only thing worse than being exploited
>under capitalism is not being exploited?

Your mate Manuel Castells seems to say this, too.  Without having much to
say for or against the Marxian argument for the category of  exploitation,
he merely pronounces it a notion long past, and concludes the modern tragedy
is that of exclusion.  In other words, he's given up on that front (and the
formal argument that supports it), and seeks to dig in along a front way
behind where we could and should be.  In a very 'third way' spirit, he seems
to be arguing that its the progressive's task to help bring those currently
not exploited by capital relations into the sphere of capital.

Premise: those societies not organised by the exchange relation are
currently the worst-off.  Conclusion: the only thing worse than being
exploited is not being exploited.  Interpretation: we should all join hands
to 'unite' the globe under the benificence of capital.

Have I got him wrong?

Cheers,
Rob.