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Actually Trotsky was focused on the contradiction between the forces and relations of production (and associated norms of distribution), i.e. how the inadequacy of the former hamstrung efforts to move beyond bourgeois forms of the latter Re-read the paragraphs cited (which are at: http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1936/revbet/ch09.htm ) That contradiction was also the main one pointed out by Mandel. On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:41 PM, michael a. lebowitz via Marxism < [email protected]> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > Louis wrote: > > From "The Revolution Betrayed": > > 'The Soviet Union is a contradictory society halfway between capitalism > and socialism, in which: (a) the productive forces are still far from > adequate to give the state property a socialist character' > > On this matter, they clearly shared a focus on the primacy of the > productive forces--- in contrast, eg, to an emphasis upon the relations of > production. > michael > > -- > --------------------- > Michael A. Lebowitz > Professor Emeritus > Economics Department > Simon Fraser University > 8888 University Drive > Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 > Home: Phone 604-689-9510 > Cell: 604-789-4803 > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/ > options/marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ 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
