> "In bourgeois society, living labour is but a means to increase
> accumulated labour. In Communist society, accumulated labour is but a
> means to widen, to enrich, to promote the existence of the labourer.
>
> In bourgeois society, therefore, the past dominates the present; in
> Communist society, the present dominates the past. In bourgeois
> society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living
> person is dependent and has no individuality. "
But these negatives are features of "self-estrangement," i.e. of a "dialectic of negativity" that contributes, and must contribute if the negative is to be successfully transcended, to "the integral development of every individual producer."
^^^^ CB: Yeah , but you said that hasn't happened. So, maybe the dialectic of negativity has back fired or something; and the living proleterian persons are predominantly dependent and lack individuality, retain superstitions and prejudices, haven't transcended all that bad stuff from feudalism. Filthy lucre can accomplish amazing things: the dialectic of vulgarity.