Re: Alleged conflict of forces/relations of production

[dmschanoes <dmschanoes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I will answer offlist.  Others may contact me if they are interested in my
reply.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carrol Cox" <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 1:13 PM
Subject: [PEN-L] Alleged conflict of forces/relations of production


> dmschanoes wrote:
> >
> >  I was pointing out the critical rupture the scarcity theory makes with
> > Marx's analysis regarding historical necessity and the agent of
revoution--
> > the essential conflict between the means and relations of production.
> >
>
> Marx speaks of this alleged conflict a couple of times, but it is an
> essentially un-marxist proposition. At the very least, it has to be
> argued for independently, not merely affirmed as you do here by
> reference to Holy Scripture, when Holy Scripture is itself rather
> contradictory on the matter.
>
> There is a fine chapter on this whole matter in Ellen Meiksins Wood,
> _Democracy Against Capitalism_.
>
> I changed the subject line because this is not intended as a
> contribution to either side on the subject of energy resources.
>
> Carrol
>