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I think Tom's increased participation in these debates has been invaluable. The critical point Tom is making, IMO, and I'm sure he'll correct me if I'm wrong, is that revolution is not some sort of passive quantity of accumulation but rather an active quality of human struggle... thus the US Civil War gets its revolutionary credentials not from the expansion of railroads, but from the abolition of slavery. And along those lines, what makes the French Revolution so much more revolutionary than the US War for Independence is its commitment to equality-- pure, plain, direct egalitarianism. We must never lose sight of how important egalitarianism is, and must remain, in transforming the social relations of production. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
