[Peace-discuss] Mahajan on Stewart/Cramer

[Robert Naiman]

Maybe Stewart was channeling Lincoln rather than Marx:

"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the
fruit of labor, and could never have existed if Labor had not first
existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher
consideration."

- First State of the Union Address (3 December 1861)

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:34 PM, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.empirenotes.org/
>
> Even Stewart’s potentially deepest criticism remains mired in his centrist
> muddle. He criticizes financial TV for “Selling this idea that you don’t
> have to do anything, … you’ll get 10 to 20 percent on your money, … When are
> we going to realize in this country that our wealth is work.”
>
> Assuming that Stewart has not independently come to believe in the labor
> theory of value, he seems to be unclear on the “capital” part of
> “capitalism.” What exactly does he think it involves but making money by
> having money?
>
> I’m not really criticizing Stewart, I suppose, but pointing out how much is
> lost by the abdication of social commentary to him and his like.
>
>
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