[lbo-talk] Understanding _Capital_ (Was Re: barbaric)

Bill Bartlett billbartlett at aapt.net.au
Wed Mar 7 17:23:08 PST 2007


At 3:59 PM +0100 7/3/07, Dmytri Kleiner wrote:


>How can any private interest capture surplus value in the context of
>free production?

It isn't free, it is coerced. However the point "Andie" is making is that capitalism uses economic coercion (work for us or starve) rather than political coercion (work for us or we'll shoot you).

This is an obvious distinction which is impossible to deny.

Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas



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