>On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Jon Johanning wrote:
>
> > Well, I fear that a lot more causes war than class division; even if
> > capitalism were eliminated, I doubt that it would do much to end war,
> > because there are lots of things people can fight about besides
> > economic issues, if they want to.
>
>This reminds me of the argument some feminists raise against
>the socialist-feminist claim that capitalism and sexism are
>mutually dependent: "Sexism existed before capitalism, so
>capitalism can't possible be a cause of sexism!"
It is just silly, the argument. This issue is class relations, and since class society existed before capitalism....
Kelley