Re: Capitalism as slavery and colonialism

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Mat:

>Of course, the problem is that after agreeing with me that the two types of
>"slavery" are nothing alike, you lump them both together when you say that
>"Slavery and the slave trade do not necessarily lead to capitalism."

I went on to say:

>Slavery & the slave trade do not necessarily lead to
>capitalism, though *once* capitalism arises, it can make use of them
>& *reshape them in its image* when wage labor, indentured servitude,
>etc. are not available.

That's the difference.  Slavery minus enclosure = no capitalism.

Yoshie