• Kumikommunism [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Marx never said "abolish capitalism"

    Ah yes, the "I'm not touching you" of political theory

      • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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        3 years ago

        You're right, he just created a new way of conceiving of history, in which various political economies would give way to the next one when conditions were right, and then talked extensively about the political economy that would follow capitalism.

        But he never said the specific words "abolish capitalism", so i guess you got us

        • volkvulture [none/use name]
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          edit-2
          3 years ago

          "got you"?

          No, Marx was saying that capitalism created these conditions in the 19th century, good & bad, & that capitalism itself must be utilized and driven to its extreme. Capitalism is "pregnant" with this new reality, but this new reality resembles the old in every way as it is emerging from the "womb" of capitalism. This process results from material & social relations that exist at this moment. The term "aufheben" means not to work backward from what we idealize in our heads, but to "pick up" what exists and carry it toward this higher state of reality