Greetings,
On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Dave Markland wrote:
> >Shawgi wrote:
> >> > The other major problem caused by the basic internal
> >> >contradiction is that private ownership of the means of
> >> >production determines that the motive behind production is the
> >> >creation of maximum capitalist profit.
> >>
> >> (snip)
> >>
> >> > As long as there is class society, as
> >> >long as there is private ownership of the means of production there
> cannot be
> >> >efficient use of the productive forces.
> >>
> >> The lesson of Yugoslavia shows us the problem with such statements (as well
> >> as the myopia of "Market Socialism"). They eliminated private ownership but
> >> kept the market, resulting in the inefficiencies of that social construct.
> >> further, the market deepened class divisions in society.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> dave
> >>
>
> Shawgi wrote:
> > Dave, I don't understand your observation here.
>
> I was pointing to the dubiousness of an assertion like "as long as there is
> private ownership of the means of production there cannot be efficient use
> of the productive forces". In a system of Market Socialism (which I know
> you did not mention, but it helps illustrate my point), there is no private
> ownership but we don't see "efficient use of productive forces". Thus,
> eliminating private ownership is at best a necessary, but not sufficient
> cause of efficient use of productive forces.
>
> Sorry for the confusion- i was trying to keep it short.
>
> Regards,
> Dave
>
Ok, Dave. Thanks for the clarification.
Shawgi Tell
Graduate School of Education
University at Buffalo
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