Jim wrote:
the differential rate of exploitation "divides and conquers" the working class (either domestically or internationally or both) and all else equal, raises the over-all rate of exploitation. Similarly, the weaker the working class in terms of organization and consciousness, the less able to fight differential exploitation. I think you need to explain how that works (maybe no time). Putting these together, we get a vicious circle. It seems like we're in that vicious circle nowadays. That doesn't sound like Marx... Marx would say that we go round in circles because we cannot understand the real contradictions characteristic of the epoch. J.
