if you have x and you negate it you get -x, and then if you negate -x you do not get x again. you get - -x. from x to negated-x to negated-negated-x, but never back to x itself.
if you negate mercantilism and get capitalism, then if you negate capitalism you won’t get mercantilism, you’ll get double negated mercantilism or the negation of the negation. if you think marx is a determinist then the negation of the negation of mercantilism would be socialism. this is obviously incredibly crude retelling of it. i hope someone starts a dialectic correcting the issues caused by my making the point so crude.
it’s about hegelian negation of the negation
if you have x and you negate it you get -x, and then if you negate -x you do not get x again. you get - -x. from x to negated-x to negated-negated-x, but never back to x itself.
if you negate mercantilism and get capitalism, then if you negate capitalism you won’t get mercantilism, you’ll get double negated mercantilism or the negation of the negation. if you think marx is a determinist then the negation of the negation of mercantilism would be socialism. this is obviously incredibly crude retelling of it. i hope someone starts a dialectic correcting the issues caused by my making the point so crude.
The synthesis is Marx in drag with a glorious Mage Simpson do. No I will not explain