> >
According to critics of Marx 'he failed to elucidate on theoretical laws of macroeconomic science and had seemed to evade the issue'. His aim not to dissect economic theory into mind boggling formulas which only intellectuals with Phds adept in mathematics can understand but to 'lay bare the laws of motion which govern the origin, the development, decline, and the disappearance of a given social form of economic organization: the capitalist mode of production''. He was not seeking universal laws of economic organization. His essential theses is that 'no such laws exist!!!!@@@!!'.
Another critic states that 'his overly simplistic equations on surplus value and measured values can make a elementary second grader systematize them into clearer formulas and can cause an impartial Greenspan to codify his Marxist formulas to correct them notwithstanding its bizzare aggregates'. Pure crap!!
''Capital' is not 'pure' economic theory at all. For Marx, 'pure' economic theory, that is economic theory which abstracts from a specific social structure, is impossible. It would be similar to 'pure anatomy, abstracted from the specific species which is to be examined. We can push the analogy further. Although, of course, comparative anatomy is a branch of natural science, useful for increasing our knowledge of human and animal physiology, it can only be a by-product of specific given species. In the same way, Marx's theory of historical materialism does indeed include comparative economic analysis - for example an examination of the evolution of human labour, human labour productivity, social surplus product and economic growth, from slave society through feudalism to capitalism.'(Mandel 12)
What are incomprehensible numbers or how good are mind-boggling theoretical economic equations when one's stomach convulses due to famine and starvation. There are millions of starving peasants out there in Asian countries. How do you intend to feed them? By the numbers?
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> > Capitalism will then have produced a class of oppressed
> > people (the proletariat or the workers) who are bent on
> > destroying it. [In the case of RSA the new capitalist
> > elite’ in our government who have created a membranous
> > relationship with the very masses who put them in
> power/or
> > positions of power] With the development of
> > communication, the spread of a counter ideology which
> > identifies the existing corporate structure as the
> enemy,
> > the workers will organize and revolt [In the case of
> > Corporate South Africa the advent of communications
> > technologies has taken a toll on effective utilisation
> of
> > state machinery, whilst labour is seen as a daunting
> > production factor to manage] . Taking control of the
> means
> > of production for the good of all, this revolt will mark
> > the end of classes and the end of history as we know it
> [In
> > the case of RSA the increasing mass demonstration mark
> the
> > beginning of Marx’s prophecy on the creation of
> separatist
> > society where a classful nation is born and the
> rejection
> > of this form by the down-trodden proletariat]. "The
> > prehistory of human society will come to an end." A
> > socialist system will be established in which the means
> of
> > production will be employed to provide for human
> happiness
> > rather than profit [ As was the case in the USSR,
> Uganda,
> > as is the current position in North Korea, China, Cuba,
> > Vietnam and Laos ].
> >
> > Written by Zweli Mahlangu
> >
> One major concern with the wave of resentment, angst, and
> general disappointment with the current status quo is: How
> will we take that offline? I mean to point out that the
> vast majority of dissident communication going on in this
> country is no longer in the form of newsletters being
> handed out; it is being propagated via the Internet. It is
> a fantastic tool, and I do think it will be the primary way
> the message gets out eventually - due to our deplorable
> mainstream media complex - but we will have to find a way
> to activate these great thinkers and writers off-line, if
> you will.
>
> I think we in the Communist Party, for example, can play a
> major role in that by joining forces with various other
> organizations, like media reform organizations, to help
> with the general movement to overtake the media apparatuses
> in this country. I can see no other way to get the message
> out in bold measure. People will cease to take to the
> streets and be the cogs in the wheels of the machine that
> ruins our society if we are holed up in front of our
> computers. Bottom line is most people in this country
> don't have laptops, dig?
>
> What are your thoughts on this matter?
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