Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 22:24:44 -0800 (PST) From: Carl Davidson <cdavidson-AT-igc.apc.org> Subject: Re: M-I: Law of value and state capitalism >>Of course even after real socialist revolutions, there will be >>a transiton period where we will have to phase out money, >>waged labor and commodity production . We will have to >>set up thru workers revolutionary assemblies and councils , >>a system of planned production for human need and no >>more for sale and profit. >> >>I'm sure Lew will argue against this, but we will probably have to >>phase out money with temporary labor cards showing the labor time >>(credit) we have earned to be applied to with drawing supplies from >>the social stores. > What's the difference between "labor cards" and money? Or VISA? Even with labor cards, the individual worker won't get the full value of their labor-time. A portion will be deducted for a variety of things the worker's state will deem necessary collective expenditures. Labor cards are usually restricted in some way, whereas money can be spent anywhere. I think I'd rather be paid with money. I think these schemes miss the point. The way to abolish money is to develop an economy of abundance, where necessities and amenities are so plentiful that there's little or no need to charge for them. "Labor cards" and their ilk in conditions of scarcity merely create black markets, which then add to the repressive tasks of the worker's state. Keep On Keepin' On --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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