Fwd: Re: Anarchism / Marxism debates

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Wed Aug 18 09:58:26 PDT 1999


Actually, Jim H. was correct. Marx's new wants, however, were not SUV's. He mentioned examples of newspapers, books, .... Not GM foods.

Fabian Balardini disputed what Jim heartfield wrote:


> >
> >This is what Marx celebrates in Capitalism, its tendency to increased
> >consumption and the creation of new wants, leading to an all-rounded
> >development of the individual, no less.
>
> Marx celebrating the creation of new wants???, Marx as an advertisement executive!!!!
> you gotta be fucking kidding!!!!!!

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Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901



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