Charles:
On the theory, I am giving you a theoretical , not post hoc imagery
history of the causal relationship between slavery/colonialism and
the origin of capitalism: Capitalism, theoretically is, wage-labor +
accumulation + competition. This was true right at the rosy dawn of
capitalism.
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CB: First, I think that slavery and colonialism involved class
struggles as much as the inclosure movement in England. So, the
claim that slavery and colonialism were also originating causes of
capitalism is just as much an emphasis on the primacy of
CB: First, I think that slavery and colonialism involved class
struggles as much as the inclosure movement in England. So, the
claim that slavery and colonialism were also originating causes of
capitalism is just as much an emphasis on the primacy of class and
class struggles as the other.
retical support for I think Rosa Luxembourg's
claim that capitalism needs superexploited peripheral workers ( with the "periphery"
being literal or figurative, geographically far or in "ghettoes" or in an oppressed
gender)
Maybe the best formula is : capitalism = wage-labor + op
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CB: And since several of the people discussing this are Marxists ,
why is it that not one person that I can find so far has commented
on what Marx said directly on the issues in question?
Hi Charles:
Look into the PEN-L archive or your In Box and find