Re: Re: Re: capitalism and theft

2002-07-02 Thread joanna bujes
At 05:17 PM 07/01/2002 -0500, you wrote: >In practical political terms, the capitalism is theft line has the same >dangers that conspiracy theories or loose use of the charge of "fascism" >has: all three shift the focus from an oppressive and exploitative >system of social relations to the morali

Re: Re: capitalism and theft

2002-07-01 Thread Carrol Cox
joanna bujes wrote: > > Why does this theoretical point matter enormously at this turn of history? > If you're referring to the current scandals, I understand. Otherwise, > please explain. > In practical political terms, the capitalism is theft line has the same dangers that conspiracy theori

RE: Re: capitalism and theft

2002-07-01 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:27446] Re: capitalism and theft someone wrote:>The coinage of "thiefdom" suggests even more erroneously that it is even in part a political hierarchy of  thieving.  It can *seem" that way but it is a social system whereby the value created by cooperative social labour accrues