Re: Socialism Betrayed/4 - value and the industrial system

2004-07-20 Thread Joel Wendland
Waistline2 wrote: Socialism Betrayed by Roger Keeran and Thomas Kenny contains an underlying theory grid that evolved from the evolution of the Communist Party USA . . . in my opinion . . . and limited to the industrial phase of development. I read SB as well and also consider it worth

Re: Socialism Betrayed/4 - value and the industrial system

2004-07-20 Thread Waistline2
The intention was to do perhaps two more pieces on "Socialism Betrayed" focusing on the Epilogue. In my opinion how one assess Soviet socialism and its overthrow pushes the boundary of how the past generation of communist workers and Marxist understood the law of value, its operations and

Re: Socialism Betrayed/4 - value and the industrial system

2004-07-18 Thread Waistline2
Is there no way to get to communist society more directly from relative scarcity, as might be the case in the wake of war or "natural" disaster? A dogmatic economic-determinist interpretation of Marx suggests not, but I think that's too narrow, at least in the present and likely future