Date: Sun, 14 May 95 08:44:28 BST
From: Ron Press <anclondon-AT-gn.apc.org>
Subject: Democracy/value


Hi

Sorry but I have my thoughts at night about 3 am.

1) Any equation trying to analyse the economics of the capitalist
system must have in it's basic postulates,.... the profit of any
exchange is inversly proportional to the freedom of the exchange.

This applies to all exchanges especially the monopoly markets, the
patent system, the exploitation of technology, the money
markets...

2) For the exchange where labour is involved. Exploitation is
inversley proportional to workers rights.

3) The German chancellor said yesterday. We must enhance the
benefits of a capitalist democracy. 1) and 2) above postulate that
this is a non sequitur

4) Capitalism is in terms of statistical mechanics Maxwell's Demon
incarnate.

The demon sits at his slit and only lets high energy molecules
pass into his chamber. Thus increasing the relative temperature of
his environment at the expense of the rest of us.

Ron Press.

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