On Dec 15, 2008, at 6:35 AM, Michael Smith wrote:
> He certainly hated capitalism. But his justification
> for expropriating the expropriators isn't founded
> on the immorality of the latter, is it? That would
> presuppose some moral framework (founded on what?)
> existing over and above or outside of the historical
> dialectic.
So what's behind an outburst like: "If money, According to Augier, 'comes into the world with a congenital blood-stain on one cheek,' capital comes dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt"? Detached scientific observation?