Thread: Whats a left-wing Anarchist without Communism?

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    If I gave you my functioning radio because I didn't have a want or need for it anymore, and you wanted it, that wouldn't be capitalism, that'd be giving you something that you felt you needed. Capitalism does require money, and requires a multitude of other things, but a money economy is the marker of capitalism.
    Well it all depends on why you gave me the radio I suppose.
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    Well it all depends on why you gave me the radio I suppose.
    Hey, I don't need this radio anymore since my personal music player died. I'll just use my laptop, do you want the radio? It works perfectly fine.
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    Hey, I don't need this radio anymore since my personal music player died. I'll just use my laptop, do you want the radio? It works perfectly fine.
    Are we friends or did we conduct previous trade? Am I capitalizing on previous trade we conducted where I openly gave you the profiting end of the deal? If so then im capitalizing on those deals now potentially. If im a stranger and you're just nice then id assume it was not capitalism.
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    I'm a friend giving you something because I don't know anyone else who would want this damn radio. I've been to your house and you don't have something that can accurately play your iPod. So, my shit died, and I don't want it because it's taking up space so I'm more just asking if you want it and it's your choice to take it or not
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    Ehh... capitalism is a little more complex than barter.
    Not only that, but the example of bartering one's TV for another person's couch has nothing to do with capital whatsoever (apart from the simple fact of it being a commodity product of workers hired by a capitalist). The person hasn't valorized any capital; they merely benefited in an immediate way. That's a whole lot different from the exchange of commodities. For one thing, the couch which the first person got cannot be exchanged for any thing in the world.
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