[lbo-talk] Imperialism & Exploitation

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jan 21 09:57:57 PST 2004


Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


>"Is India exploited by imperialism?" is a question that obscures
>class relations at the heart of the term exploitation in the Marxist
>sense. Shouldn't the question be something like, "Are Indian
>workers and peasants more exploited by capitalists and landlords in
>India and elsewhere because of imperialism?" or "Does imperialism
>help capitalists in India and elsewhere extract more surplus value
>out of Indian workers?"

Yup, I agree, that's a much more precise and fruitful way to put it.

Doug



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