On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Huh? That's like asking how serfdom is like wage slavery. The workers > produce surplus value differently in different modes of production. A serf > turned over a portion of his crops to the lord and did corvee labor. Slaves > produced commodities without receiving a wage. Workers receive a wage that > is never equal to the value they produce. Serfdom and slavery belong to the > past, while wage labor is the primary form of exploitation today and Obama > is the chief executive of the primary capitalist power in the world.
Look, I don't disagree that slavery, serfdom and "wage slavery" are all forms of exploitation. But slavery was a lot more than that. It was uniquely dehumanizing in a way that contemporary "wage slavery" is not. I am surprised we are even having this discussion. "Wage slaves" are not kept shackled in a barn or branded and sold at auction like farm animals, are they? -raghu. -- "To be or not to be. That's not really a question." _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
