When we say socialism we merely mean human freedom to construct production relations. Period. We have no crystal ball and any blueprints we draw are merely fun & games. Also -- memory fuzzy here. The importance of that passage is the difference between all capitalisms and all other monetary or commercial societies of the past. And none of this is _politically_ of direct relevance. Always the CORE political question of mass movements (i.e. any anti-capitalist movement) is How do we Grow! Not what would be best to do but what will enlarge our ranks.
Carrol
-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Doug Henwood Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 2:41 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] the Grundrisse and credit.
On Jan 14, 2012, at 2:24 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
> I don't understand why it's missing. Doesn't Graeber clearly distinguish
between the use of credit pre and post capitalism?
No, I don't think so. Must look back but I don't recall much sense of how credit, which is age old, fits differently into not merely capitalist production but also relationships of ownership. ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk