J.S. Mill: Progressive or Elitist

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Mon Jan 31 21:53:09 PST 2000


JKSCHW at aol.com wrote:


>
> Mill says: "The form of association, however, which id mankind continue to
> improve, must be expected in the end to predominate, is not that which can
> exist between a capitalist as chief, and workers without a voice in the
> management, but the association of the workers themselves on terms of
> equality, colectively owning the capital with which they carry on their
> operations, and working underr managers elected and removeably by
> themselves." (Principles IV, 7.5)
>

What is vague is the sort of trajectory to get there.


>
> That doesn't strike me as particulatly vague. It's at least as precise and
> explicit as anything in Marx.

Marx was clear that he was not giving a blueprint for the future, but he was clear in the form of class struggle that he advocated.

-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

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