Exploitation (was Re: BK on Identity)

[Dennis Breslin]

There's a distinction between a refusal and a disagreement, 
an error not so much analytical as social and one you and
Carrol have made.  Restricting the use of the term 
exploitation to surplus value extraction makes sense
only if there is a consensus.  But this thread has been
about a disagreement over the territory covered by
exploitation.  Simiarly Carrol's salvo falls flat insofar
as I can't concede that class and class relations 
overwhelm or more importantly theoretically negate other
forms of group, dare I say it, identity or consciousness
or mobilization or advantage...notwithstanding the 
problems inherent in such groupings.

DB

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> 
> >yes, i'm frustrated because trying to talk about structural
> >oppression is like banging your head against the wall and i see the
> >same problems on LBO -- people are much more interested in locating
> >racism solely in the individual, etc.  the whole B&K on identity
> >thread was pretty clear evidence of that, to me.
> >
> >kelley
> 
> I agree, and it is also frustrating when _leftists_ cannot or refuse
> to make an analytical distinction between exploitation and other
> structural oppressions.
> 
> Yoshie