>>> Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> 09/02/99 01:43PM >>>
At 12:23 PM 9/2/99 -0400, Charles B. wrote:
>Since, capitalism is not about to be unfair ,doesn't demanding that it be
fair, that we not use GDP, seem liike a step in bringing along people who
don't quite realize yet that capitalism is not about to be unfair and GDP
is being used to hoodwink them ? Doesn't Chang's interrogation of GDP make
a good step forward for those without socialist consciousness, and who
would not pay attention to more "sophisticated" understandings and
critiques of capitalism ? Do most people come to oppose capitalism by
reading Marxist analyses or critical analyses using bourgeosie concepts
,such as interrogating "GDP" ?
Charles, i think that epitomizes the diffrent approaches you and i take. You seem to pay far more attention to epiphenomena, indicators, and representations of capitalism than necessary, whereas i consider that to be mostly fluff and would rather focus on analyzing the thing proper.
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Charles: You would think that. You can't "analyze the thing proper" without using words and concepts. Critique of the concepts and terms used in the analyse is , obviously, a part of correctly analyzing "the thing proper".
expletive.
CB