> The logic of capitalism has & will continue to move us (from
markets)
> into the direction of The Market that has the power to discipline us
> all, though there have been short-term reversals in the long-term
> process of integration.
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My point was that for purposes of mobilizing for collective action,
the insitutions that make market[s] are actual targets [the forest and
trees gestalt]. Using capital letters for market is like letting the
democratic party appropriate Democrat. Oh and isn't it the illogic of
capitalism we're struggling against? :-)
> I'm not against the above, but consumer & trade union activisms are
> powerless when & where goods & jobs are so scarce that consumers &
> workers are not in a position to quibble about their quality.
> Greater voices of citizens for better products, safer &
> environmentally friendlier labor processes, etc. come up against the
> limits placed by the fact that capitalists don't invest unless &
> until expected returns on investment are promising.
>
> Yoshie
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That's why the credit markets are the first markets that have to be
retheorized and replaced. If we don't have Democratic processes of
investment, everything else is moot, we'll still be working for
bankers and Wall street punks. Unless you have a plan for getting us
all 'beyond money.'
Ian