[lbo-talk] The State and Capitalism

[John Thornton]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Mar 11, 2008, at 10:40 AM, Lew wrote:
>
>   
>> Both. Marx envisaged a transition between a first phase of  
>> communism and
>> a higher phase of communism - but they are both *communist* societies.
>>     
>
> Any idea on how we get there from here, or will it all happen in some  
> lightning bolt transformative repture? How do you dispense with money  
> when the stuff is drilled deep into our heads?
>
> Doug

I've never understood the obsession some people have with eliminating money.
With the exception of the anarcho-primitivists who would have everyone 
subsistence farm or some such nonsense I've yet to see any serious 
proposal about how such a society would function. I'm being generous 
including anarcho-primitivists ideas as serious but while undesirable it 
is possible so feel I should I include it.

John Thornton