Lou, aren't you & Jim saying the same thing? On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 07:31:22PM -0400, Louis Proyect wrote: > >Without the resulting creation of a mass proletariat, the > >looting from the rest of the world would not have promoted capitalism. > >It would have likely lead instead to wars and more wars, royal pomp > >and imperial waste, i.e., a continuation of the feudal "order." > > Actually, Potosi was bigger than London in the 17th century. What do > you think the miners were? Petit-bourgeois? Lumpen?
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