Post argues that because plantation slavery was incompatible with
agrarian petty capitalism in the two decades before the Civil War,
plantation slavery became the major impediment to the further
development of capitalism in the rest of the USA.
I find the following premises unsubstantiated: the
As far as I know, Post does not discuss this passage, much less the
logic of Marx's argument. Even if petty agrarian producers served as a
deep market for consumer goods--and Post's evidence is not strong in
this article--they would have undermined capitalism in the way that Marx
specifies above.
It's not clear to me if this quote is from Brenner
or somebody else, but in any case . . .
I fail to see the material basis of the fatal antagonism.
Certainly culture and attitudes of the peasantry are an
issue, but how is the peasant any different from the worker
who owns some modest stock of
Max B. Sawicky wrote:
It's not clear to me if this quote is from Brenner
or somebody else, but in any case . . .
Karl Marx.
I fail to see the material basis of the fatal antagonism.
Certainly culture and attitudes of the peasantry are an
issue, but how is the peasant any different from the worker
As I understand it, the French peasantry was unpredictable. You would
have two villiages in recent years seeming very similar in every
sociological and economic indicator: one would be solidly communist and
one would be very right wing. Nobody in France could explain this to me.
Marx's
Workers can go either way too.
mbs
As I understand it, the French peasantry was unpredictable. You would
have two villiages in recent years seeming very similar in every
sociological and economic indicator: one would be solidly communist and
one would be very right wing. Nobody in France could
Right, but isn't that a fairly recent phenomenon for workers?
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 11:15:43AM -0400, Max B. Sawicky wrote:
Workers can go either way too.
mbs
As I understand it, the French peasantry was unpredictable. You would
have two villiages in recent years seeming very similar in
