File spoon-archives/marxism-international.archive/marxism-international_1997/97-03-25.232, message 86


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



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