Thanks for this strong reminder, John. This is at the heart of Marx's insights into the rule of capital. Wythe
> On April 10, 2021 at 12:11 PM John A Imani <[email protected]> wrote: > > " Each step in the development of the bourgeoisie was accompanied by a > corresponding political advance of that class. An oppressed class under the > sway of the feudal nobility, an armed and self-governing association in the > medieval commune(4) > https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch01.htm#a4 > : here independent urban republic (as in Italy and Germany); there taxable > “third estate” of the monarchy (as in France); afterwards, in the period of > manufacturing proper, serving either the semi-feudal or the absolute monarchy > as a counterpoise against the nobility, and, in fact, cornerstone of the > great monarchies in general, the bourgeoisie has at last, since the > establishment of Modern Industry and of the world market, conquered for > itself, in the modern representative State, exclusive political sway. The > executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common > affairs of the whole bourgeoisie" > > > https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch01.htm > > > JAI > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#7876): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/7876 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/81962865/21656 -=-=- 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. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
