And while I had some > admiration for the conclusion of Marx, I dare to say that he was a > political opportunist and jonnie- come-lately because he was rehashing > something that was in the world before the first European wore a shoe or > lived in a house, that had a window"
^^^^ CB: Marx and Engels recognized that pre-capitalist societies, such as in Africa, were communal, and did not have private property. Marx and Engels announced the goal of the European originated Communist movement to be the abolition of private property, with the difference from earlier communal societies being that the higher levels of technical development would be retained and put to the use of communistically organized society. I don't think Marx and Engels had an accurate sense of how long the span of time of existence of primary cultural societies was , nor its majority proportion of time relative to modern societies with agricultural production and private property. But they are fully aware, and become more aware as their intellectual careers go on , of the kin-based society stage of human history. And they know that kinbased society is communistic, does not have the institution of private property, or exploiting and exploited classes. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [email protected] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
