From: Jim Devine me: > But instead use simpler terms: as Marx pointed out, under wage labor, > some sort of reserve army of unemployed is needed to motivate people > to work.
CB: > This is from the standpoint of the bourgeoisie. Marx means that the > bourgeoisie hold that some unemployment is needed to motivate > wage-laborers to work. Marx isn't endorsing isn't putting this forth as > a Communist perspective Of course! instead, it's a critique of the so-called "communism" that prevailed in the now-defunct USSR. It's a critique from a communist or socialist perspective, applying Marx's insights (where appropriate) to other modes of production or class systems besides capitalism. ^^^^ CB: So, your position is that the now-defunct Soviet Union did or did not have a reserve army of unemployed motivating them to work ? Or is it your position that there was very little work done in the now-defunct Soviet Union ? If so, little work was done, how come so many use-values were produced ?
