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I think that is a problematic position. In my perspective, capitalism as a system is globalization of trade, the creation of trans-Atlantic multi-national monopoly. And that goes back to one thing, the slave trade. Before that there were market relations between various ports of call going back centuries, obviously. But the Triangle Trade was the engine that drove the creation of a globalized market that went way beyond anything that existed before that and went into the realm of capital as opposed to cash. Admittedly my view is Afro-centric as opposed to Euro-centric, mostly because I believe that the scramble for resources has always been based around Africa rather than Europe, but I think current events in the news demonstrate Africa is still the center of world trading efforts, hence the contention between China and Russia on the one hand and the US on the other. On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > On 5/18/16 6:15 PM, Andrew Stewart wrote: > >> I have no clue what you mean by "political Marxism". >> > > This is the term used to describe Robert Brenner's theory about the > origins of capitalism in the British countryside in the 16th century as a > contingent event that produced large scale farms through the enclosure > acts, etc. It attracted a number of acolytes including Charles Post who > interpreted it to mean that slavery in the USA was precapitalist since > according to Brenner you can't have capitalism without "free" wage labor. > -- Best regards, Andrew Stewart _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
