Vanishing Marxism on LBO-talk

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Tue Feb 18 08:32:57 PST 2003


From: Chiang Ching (ChiangChing at alltel.net)
> > The term "Maoist" rather dissolves what seems to me central to what we
> > can learn from the Chinese CP 1930 to 1960 or so, the separation between
> > "ism" (fundamental theory of the capitalist era) and "thought" (the
> > theory and practice of a particular revolutionary movement in a
> > particular time and place).
> >
> > To put not entirely flippantly, the first thing we must learn from Mao
> > is not to be Maoists.
> >
> > Carrol
>
>So, if I follow you correctly what you are saying is that there is
>no development of theory through practice?

The essence of capitalism hasn't changed since Marx's days, has it? It's the same old exploitation through the extraction of surplus value.

Yoshie



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