From: "Karl Carlile" <joseph-AT-indigo.ie> Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 09:54:16 +0000 Subject: Re: M-I: State capitalism Karl: Hi Lew! If, as you claim, the Soviet Union was state capitalist how then did exhange relations prevail and beyond that again value relations? ------------------ LEW:Your first sentence is truly astonishing, coming from somebody who has put so much effort into stopping discussion of Marx's theory of value ("abstractions"). Or rather, one particular interpretation of it. I am under no illusion that what really upsets you is the theory of state capitalism and how it strikes at some deeply held personal beliefs. But that, as they say, is your problem. My defence of the theory of state capitalism is based on a working class perspective on how such changes would affect me and my fellow workers around the world. Criticism of the theory of state capitalism, it seems to me, is based on a defence of the regime with the working class coming a poor second. Yours etc., Karl --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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