[lbo-talk] Wherein Krugman laments his cribbing of Henwood has come to naught

Shane Mage shmage at pipeline.com
Fri Sep 23 15:06:48 PDT 2011


On Sep 23, 2011, at 5:33 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:


> Capitalism is a set of social relations, not a "they." "It" doesn't
> make decisons or roll the dice.
>
> Whatever his errors, Mao was 100% correct on one thing:
>
> If you don't hit it it won't fall.

If capitalism is just a set of social relations there's no "It." If there's no "It" you can't hit "It" and "It" won't fall. One might just as well take arms against a sea...

Shane Mage

> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it

> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,

> kindling in measures and going out in measures."

>

> Herakleitos of Ephesos



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