Date: Sun, 9 Mar 97 5:20:27 EST From: boddhisatva <kbevans-AT-panix.com> Subject: Re: M-I: middle class Neil, I never said that Engels was a bad guy, and I am aware of his accomplishments. The fact remains that he was a capitalist. What he should have done with his property is give it to the people who worked there and then asked for their support in his efforts. The reason it is important to make the distinction is that capitalism today relies on the dispersed and varied shareholder. The majority of those shareholders are decent people, trying to get a better return on their savings. It is very difficult to get people to associate them with the Robber Baron capitalist of Marx's age unless one sticks to the specifics of property relations and drums that into people's heads. The message has to be that it does not matter what other contributions a person makes to the general welfare, his efforts are reduced and undermined by participating in capitalist property relations. I think Engels is a perfect example to use for people's illucidation. Emgels was a great man. He would have been a greater man if he wasn't a capitalist. peace --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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