Buffalo Souljah
11th July 2010, 08:38
Why don't some on the left conspire to exploit Chinese labor in order to spread the purposes of revolution. The first interpretation of this would be that this would be equivalent to economic opportunism. However, as theorists in many fields have said over the years, the ends justify the means. The ultimate achievement of freedom and equality that would be achieved through this endeavor justify it, though no justification is necessary: the system encourages it, in fact.
I think to flirt Communism and organized struggle with traditional forms of capitalist exploitation would be not only ironic and novel, but would present the opportunity to change the working conditions for real workers in the world. All that would be required would be a small capital investment (http://www.fool.com/investing/international/2010/04/27/buffetts-investing-in-china-so-why-arent-you.aspx).
As Marx writes in the Communist Manifesto, "Die wesentliche Bedingung für die Existenz und Herrschaft der Bourgeoisieklasse ist die Anhäufung und Vermehrung des Reichtums in den Händen von Privaten, die Bedingung des Kapitals ist die Lohnarbeit. Statt mit dem Fortschritt der Industrie seine Lage zu verbessern, wird der moderne Arbeiter zum Pauper, d.h. er verarmt zunehmend trotz des Fortschritts der Industrie. Die Bourgeoisie produziert mit der Entwicklung der großen Industrie ihre „eigenen Totengräber“. Die jetzige Isolierung der Arbeiter durch Konkurrenz wird erst aufgehoben in ihrer „revolutionären Vereinigung durch die Assoziation“ (Kapitel I) or, "The essential condition for the existence and sway of the bourgeois class is the formation and augmentation of capital; the condition for capital is wage labour. Wage labour rests exclusively on competition between the labourers. The advance of industry, whose involuntary promoter is the bourgeoisie, replaces the isolation of the labourers, due to competition, by their revolutionary combination, due to association. The development of modern industry, therefore, cuts from under its feet the very foundation on which the bourgeoisie produces and appropriates products. What the bourgeoisie, therefore, produces above all are its own grave-diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable." (Chapter I)
Again, what I am recommending here is that a group of devout radicals or revolutionaries invest capital in cheap labor and means of production in China or Vietnam or Pakistan and publish editions of socialist literature--or just market this product (http://itgrunts.com/2010/06/28/cheapest-ever-a-15-android-computer/). It seems to me that, especially in countries and regions where access to the Internet, or even electricity is not readily available, this would be a useful resource for organizing peoples and consolidating a strong support base and further causes that encourage basic human rights, like Amnesty or HRW. I am thinking specifically here of Africa (which may be getting broad-based access to the Internet (http://itgrunts.com/2010/06/28/cheapest-ever-a-15-android-computer/) soon, so perhaps one should go with the latter method, aforementioned). What do you think?
I think to flirt Communism and organized struggle with traditional forms of capitalist exploitation would be not only ironic and novel, but would present the opportunity to change the working conditions for real workers in the world. All that would be required would be a small capital investment (http://www.fool.com/investing/international/2010/04/27/buffetts-investing-in-china-so-why-arent-you.aspx).
As Marx writes in the Communist Manifesto, "Die wesentliche Bedingung für die Existenz und Herrschaft der Bourgeoisieklasse ist die Anhäufung und Vermehrung des Reichtums in den Händen von Privaten, die Bedingung des Kapitals ist die Lohnarbeit. Statt mit dem Fortschritt der Industrie seine Lage zu verbessern, wird der moderne Arbeiter zum Pauper, d.h. er verarmt zunehmend trotz des Fortschritts der Industrie. Die Bourgeoisie produziert mit der Entwicklung der großen Industrie ihre „eigenen Totengräber“. Die jetzige Isolierung der Arbeiter durch Konkurrenz wird erst aufgehoben in ihrer „revolutionären Vereinigung durch die Assoziation“ (Kapitel I) or, "The essential condition for the existence and sway of the bourgeois class is the formation and augmentation of capital; the condition for capital is wage labour. Wage labour rests exclusively on competition between the labourers. The advance of industry, whose involuntary promoter is the bourgeoisie, replaces the isolation of the labourers, due to competition, by their revolutionary combination, due to association. The development of modern industry, therefore, cuts from under its feet the very foundation on which the bourgeoisie produces and appropriates products. What the bourgeoisie, therefore, produces above all are its own grave-diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable." (Chapter I)
Again, what I am recommending here is that a group of devout radicals or revolutionaries invest capital in cheap labor and means of production in China or Vietnam or Pakistan and publish editions of socialist literature--or just market this product (http://itgrunts.com/2010/06/28/cheapest-ever-a-15-android-computer/). It seems to me that, especially in countries and regions where access to the Internet, or even electricity is not readily available, this would be a useful resource for organizing peoples and consolidating a strong support base and further causes that encourage basic human rights, like Amnesty or HRW. I am thinking specifically here of Africa (which may be getting broad-based access to the Internet (http://itgrunts.com/2010/06/28/cheapest-ever-a-15-android-computer/) soon, so perhaps one should go with the latter method, aforementioned). What do you think?