>On Sat, 21 Oct 2000 09:57:56 -0400 Yoshie Furuhashi
><furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> wrote:
>
> > The problem of distribution cannot be changed to end hunger & starvation
>unless we change the relations of production in such a way that
>_class society
>will disappear_. It is the relations of production that determine
>the range of
>distributional outcomes.
>
>These two statements contradict one another. If relations of production
>deterine the range of distributional outcomes, then it is possible to modify
>the relations of production such that the range of distributional outcomes
>includes adequate distribution to end hunger and starvation. However, in the
>first part, you claim that the relations of production must be changed in such
>a way that a class society will disappear for adequate distribution. In other
>words, in your first comment, it would be a mistake to say that there is an
>essential link between relations of production and distribution, rather, there
>is a link between class relations and distribution. Class relations limit
>distribution, not relations of production.
In Marxist parlance, relations of production basically mean class relations. It was wrong of me to assume the universal knowledge of this Marxist lingo on this list.
Yoshie