In my email the post I am responding to is included. The original query was this
Somewhere, perhaps in the Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts Marx says something to the effect that under capitalism even if there were equal distribution of income that the worker would still be in effect a slave. I just cannot find the relevant quote. Does anyone recall the passage? I thought it was interesting since it shows that the idea of an equal distribution of income has nothing really do with communism as understood by Marx. It makes little sense anyway since to distribute according to needs would surely involve unequal distribution.of income.
The response I was responding to was this: From turbulo at aol.com <turbulo at aol.com>;
Might this be it (from Manuscripts, second MS., Estranged Labor)?
An enforced rise in wages (disregarding all other difficulties, including the fact that such an anomalous situation could only be prolonged by force) would therefore be nothing more than better pay for slaves and would not mean an increase in human significance or dignity for either the worker or the labor. Even the equality of wages,which Proudhon demands, would merely transform the relation of the present-day worker to his work into the relation of all men to work. Society would then be conceived as an abstract capitalist
Cheers, Ken
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----- Original Message ----- From: Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Cc: Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 2:37:42 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Query re Marx Quote
ken hanly" That is it!
And just what is it that "That" above refers to?
The post makes no sense without identifying the post you are responding to.
Carrol
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