maybe mark from santa fe should read karl from trier whose "positive" theory of market relations includes following: a) precapitalist societies seriously limit individual capacities;
Precapitalism is an awfully broad category. This could be a reference to feudalism. It could also be a reference to hunting and gathering societies. While Marx and Engels participated actively in the movement to overthrow feudalism, they also wrote admiringly of the Iroquois.
b)emergence of "new needs" under capitalism are - in part - expression of both more fully developed individual *and* increased capacity for enjoyment;
I assume that new needs are enclosed in scare quotes for obvious reasons.
c) individuality as comprehensive development of human
capacities presupposes society based on market relations...
Fuck individuality, if by this you mean shopping at Bloomingdales. There was more individuality in a Blackfoot village where everybody made their own clothing, decorated their tipis and made music and dance without regard for whether they were "professionals" or not.
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