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Too many Leftists lack an understanding for what Capitalism is, not as an abstract socioeconomic system, but as a MODE OF PRODUCTION.
Move past LABELS and watch @profwolff break down Capitalism as a MODE OF PRODUCTION using simple arithmetic.
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Too many Leftists lack an understanding for what Capitalism is, not as an abstract socioeconomic system, but as a MODE OF PRODUCTION.
Move past LABELS and watch @profwolff break down Capitalism as a MODE OF PRODUCTION using simple arithmetic.
(1/6)
“It’s really only ‘do ya got it?’ or ‘do ya not have it?’
And if ya have it, you can be the employer.
And if you don’t, [then] ya can’t [be the employer].
The fact that the employer who has it didn’t produce it is a nagging problem we prefer not to ask [about].”
(2/6)
And if ya have it, you can be the employer.
And if you don’t, [then] ya can’t [be the employer].
The fact that the employer who has it didn’t produce it is a nagging problem we prefer not to ask [about].”
(2/6)
“The logic would be, gee, the worker added the value; [they] SHOULD GET IT!
‘CAUSE [THEY] GAVE IT!
[THEY] CREATED IT!
...
Do you think that happens in Capitalism?
No, you don’t, do you?
We don’t give the worker the value added... EVER, in Capitalism.”
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‘CAUSE [THEY] GAVE IT!
[THEY] CREATED IT!
...
Do you think that happens in Capitalism?
No, you don’t, do you?
We don’t give the worker the value added... EVER, in Capitalism.”
(3/6)
“[The Capitalist] has to rip the workers off...
[The Capitalist] has to STEAL from them part of what their labor added.
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The condition of your employment is that you produce more by your labor than you get paid.
Welcome to the capitalist system.”
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[The Capitalist] has to STEAL from them part of what their labor added.
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The condition of your employment is that you produce more by your labor than you get paid.
Welcome to the capitalist system.”
(4/6)
“The best way to describe your work in a capitalist enterprise is not that the employer gives YOU a job; it’s that you give your employer THE SURPLUS!
The ‘giver’ and the ‘getter’ are in reversed order from what the language suggests.”
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The ‘giver’ and the ‘getter’ are in reversed order from what the language suggests.”
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“What is ‘Socialism,’ given what I’ve described here?
...
The workers will still come to work ... but ... the surplus?
They get that.
...
What is the simple American phrase that captures this?
‘Worker co-op.’
It’s very old...
You don’t need a new [theory]...”
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...
The workers will still come to work ... but ... the surplus?
They get that.
...
What is the simple American phrase that captures this?
‘Worker co-op.’
It’s very old...
You don’t need a new [theory]...”
(6/6)
It is time that Leftists come back to the essence of Scientific Socialism and, using the method of dialectical materialism, truly evaluate the means by which we achieve true “liberation” within the 21st century.
The revolution begins with us, and it begins in the workplace.
The revolution begins with us, and it begins in the workplace.
You can find the full lecture from Professor Wolff ( @profwolff) through the “Recommended Videos” section of our official resource guide linked below: https://blacksocialists.us/resource-guide
