>Is the whip used to force laborers to produce >exchange value different from the one used to >make them produce use-values? > >curious, >mbs No, it is the same whip. The question worth discussing, however, is the impact of colonialism on Latin America. The Incan empire created use-values that had benefit for their subjects, even if they were created under duress. The Spanish colonizers created exchange value that benefited only themselves. This is not a defense of feudalism. It is rather a statement that there is no evil greater than imperialism, which Max Sawicky has been seen flirting with from time to time. Louis Proyect (http://www.panix.com/~lnp3/marxism.html)
