^^^^ CB: Sure. The goal is a class_less_ society. The working class is an exploited/oppressed class. The aim in no exploiting or exploited classes.
But in the transitional stage, the working class is the ruling class. That's before the total abolition of classes. ^^^^ ^^ > and that the essence of capitalism is NOT private >property plus the market, ^^^ CB: Capitalism's "essence" is that commodity production and exchange ( "the market") dominates the whole economy , and the vast majority oflabor is becomes a commodity ( wage-labor). Feudalism and slavery had private property, but commodity production ( production for exchange, not use) was in only a small section of the whole economy. Labor power as a commodity was in only a small segment too. and that it cannot be transcended by merely >abolishing private proprty and the market but that the industrial >organization of production must be eliminated. I don't know what "industrial organization of production" means. ^^^ CB: See Part IV of _Capital_ Vol. I. Marx gives the Marxist essentials of The Industrial Revolution - Cooperation and Machines. Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value Ch. 12: The Concept of Relative Surplus-Value Ch. 13: Co-operation Ch. 14: Division of Labour and Manufacture Ch. 15: Machinery and Modern Industry http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch12.htm ^^^ This message has been scanned for malware by SurfControl plc. www.surfcontrol.com _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
