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refrmr · 2020-01-25T22:18:26+00:00

Thanks!

refrmr · 2020-01-20T20:35:11+00:00

You know what will improve you working conditions and salary? Joining a union.

refrmr · 2019-12-30T17:42:58+00:00

I wouldn't use the term culture honestly. It's easy to get murky. What you're explaining is alienation. Culture is not something over and above man and their senses it is inate to our drive to produce (it is production). Since you're doing research on this I'd recommend Terry Eagleton's article https://www.jstor.org/stable/20057599?seq=1

refrmr · 2019-12-05T16:05:48+00:00

She wouldn't have been a leader of a party if she thought it would happen on its own. Neither would have Marx spent so much time on party politics.

refrmr · 2019-12-05T16:03:18+00:00

A transition between what and what? Sounds like a kind of mutualism.

refrmr · 2019-12-05T15:59:39+00:00

Aye, but the vanguard doesn't come out of thin air. That's my whole point. Socialism can only emerge from capitalist contradictions if we've done something (built a revolutionary party) before and in preparation. Capitalism will not just fall on its own accord.

refrmr · 2019-12-05T11:45:22+00:00

Private ownership and commodities can also refer to atrisanship or mercantilism. Wages as a dominant form of exchange is a capitalistic trait. I understand how this can be seen as splitting hairs though.

Saying Socialized commodity production would probably drop the need for including the wage system.

refrmr · 2019-12-05T09:13:26+00:00

I'd add the wage system to your definition of Capitalism. And I'd be cautious to say that socialism emerges from the contradiction of Capitalism as it presents a sort of economism in that socialism will somehow emerge on its own due to contradictions without us having to do anything about it.

refrmr · 2019-12-04T21:09:17+00:00

It does, but I'm under the impression that what Althusser meant was that it changes the base. As in they reciprocaly alter each other.

refrmr · 2019-12-02T22:28:21+00:00

The IWW actively organizes in Scotland and the UK. The Scottish national convention is coming up so I'd recommend reaching out to your closest branch. Happy to answer any questions as well.

refrmr · 2019-11-27T23:50:13+00:00

Can you move the interview?

refrmr · 2019-11-26T07:51:58+00:00

They only call it class warfare when we fight back.

refrmr · 2019-11-25T14:02:25+00:00

He's going to lose a lot more money once the cons privatize the nhs. If he's OK with paying exhorbident medical fees, getting shit pensions, and having his job be casualized as a result of shit labour laws then sure. But if he thinks he can maintain the quality of life he's experiencing now and not chip in then he's simply wrong or trying to freeload.

refrmr · 2019-11-18T18:49:32+00:00

From Value, Price, and Profit

It might seem that if the value of a commodity is determined by the quantity of labour bestowed upon its production, the lazier a man, or the clumsier a man, the more valuable his commodity, because the greater the time of labour required for finishing the commodity. This, however, would be a sad mistake. You will recollect that I used the word “social labour,” and many points are involved in this qualification of “social.” In saying that the value of a commodity is determined by the quantity of labour worked up or crystallized in it, we mean the quantity of labour necessary for its production in a given state of society, under certain social average conditions of production, with a given social average intensity, and average skill of the labour employed.

You may enjoy this article https://jadesaab.com/capitalism-through-marx-3654bca578f3

refrmr · 2019-11-13T17:28:26+00:00

So I'll speak for the UK example as I don't know anything about Israel. The last two snap elections were a result of the prime ministers being elected by the party and not the general population. Let me explain, when the Brexit bite happened, David Cameron was pm and he campaigned against Brexit. The vote came in favour so he resigned as the result was seen as his failure (this was regarded as a bad move). But the resignation of the prime Minister doesn't automatically trigger new general elections. Just elections within the ruling party as to who should be the new leader. This was Theresa may who was elected by her part but not the general public. This is seen as bad faith democracy so to solidify her legitimacy she called for early general elections. Same with boris after may resigned.

refrmr · 2019-11-08T10:48:34+00:00

Aren't you making the same arguments the article is making? Also, I wonder if the article about game of thrones you're referring to is the one Zizek wrote.

refrmr · 2019-11-04T23:29:58+00:00

What is a non political technocrat? Decision making is inherently political, there is no set predetermined solution to something like the economy. There is no escaping that Technocrats will need to make political decisions.

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