[lbo-talk] Unproductive labor

Charles Brown charlesb at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us
Thu Feb 14 13:22:09 PST 2008


Look, this discussion is completely meaningless. The productive/ unproductive disjunction is meaningless outside of the Marxian theoretical system based on the comprehension of "value" as socially necessary labor *time* and of surplus value as the labor time represented by the consumption-accumulation fund appropriated by the capitalist ruling class in the form of profit/interest/rent.

Shane Mage

^^^^^ CB: True. And Marx puts special emphasis on evaluating theoretical issues based on their relationship to practice. So, it is critical to ask what theoretical evaluation of different groups of workers as u or p has on the practice of making the social revolution.

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