On Sat, Nov 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM, Ed George wrote: > > The construction of this surplus population (the “immiseration”, so to > speak, of a part of the proletariat) is, in this sense, a one-off event .
What do you mean by a "one-off event"? From Grundrisse to the 1861-63 manuscript of Capital to Theories of Surplus Value to the published Das Kapital Marx discussed this surplus population as integral to the logic of capital. It also plays a role in regulating the wages of employed labour and providing an indispensable disposable reserve of labour during an expansion. The notion of this surplus population being both disposable and indispensable is central to the logic of capital and its barriers. I can partly argree with your point that it is not helpful to call this an immiseration thesis. I am not doing so. It is helpful, however, to try to understand where the claim comes from. It is a distortion and an exaggeration but it is not made up out of thin air. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#39273): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/39273 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/116301050/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
