Thursday, May 7, 2009
Capitalism lies all the time
Capitalism lies all the time. sometimes big, sometimes small, but all the time. Sometimes it is so subtle it is hard to notice. Son said most people are sheep and there have always been sheep and there will always be sheep. This is a lie. This is how capitalism comes to limit our thinking and limit what we seek to do. Dialectics tells us everything changes. The world is constantly in motion. So, the world is never "how it always was". That sort of reasoning is unscientific. The colonizers thought they could keep us colonized forever and they were wrong, the slavers thought they could keep us enslaved forever and they were wrong, the feudal lords thought they would rule the serfs forever and they were wrong. And some seem to think capitalism was here and will always be here and they are surely wrong too. It is crumbling everyday!! Some think our People will remain unconscious forever and they are surely wrong too. Our People can and will become conscious the same way anyone becomes conscious: by constant political education. Now our job is to go about this is an organized manner, to make as many People conscious in as efficient a manner as possible. This is why we need a mass Revolutionary Party.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
6 comments:
How would you set prices in a Socialist economy?
I think first off certain are invaluable and should have no price. This is another lie of capitalism: everything is a commodity. Certain things such as food, clothing, shelter, education, healthcare would have to be provided to all in a truly socialist society. Once those things are provided to all, I think the economists of each nation can work out how to best distribute everything else in a just and equitable manner.
All the food, clothing, shelter, education and healthcare are produced at a cost.
How would these costs be met if these products and services are provided to the end user for free?
A socialist economy is planned. It is the government rather than market forces that determine how resources are allocated. Also, it is not that these products are free. All people work, it is that the worker is not completely alienated from the fruits of his labor.
Koolredd wrote:
Also, it is not that these products are free.So are you saying that the products will be sold for a price?
No I didn't mean that these essentials would be sold. I meant that they would be provided by the government, but everyone has to contribute to society, so in a sense they are paid for with labor.
Post a Comment