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From Serge L Levitsky's intro to Das Kapital - Karl Marx
'When the capitalist society is over thrown, the worker will retain the full value produced by him, and at the same time have access to the "constant capital"* which all the workers will own in common...'
*previously defined as machinery, mineral deposits, raw materials, etc.

The conventional image of God as a single, humanoid being simply reiterates the belief that all systems must be centrally controlled, otherwise there will be chaos. Faith tells us that God is, in fact, present within each one of us and therefore the universe itself, if looking from a spiritual and scientific perspective, is an example of perfect anarchy. Moreover the central power that controls each entity within the universe is not an entity within the universe itself, or a group of entities. It is an intrinsic force that prevents things from spinning out of control. Hence a system of perfect anarchy does, and has, successfully existed… since the beginning of time.

Then again, isn’t the universe in a constant state of entropy? If disaster is inevitable, does it matter how we go- as capitalists or anarchists? Anarchists… that way, we all die equally horrible deaths, right?
Not quite…

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‘Constant capital, that lies in the capitalists hands, has only stored up or potential value.
Labor (variable capital) alone is entitled to the full benefits of constant capital.’

Who do we get rid of?
For the peasants of the French Revolution, the answer was simple. Us was the inmates of Bastille, Them was the bourgeoisie. But in a system that claims a democratic framework, the lines that divide Us and Them are very fine. We are so inextricably tangled in this mesh that we are capable of being victims and oppressors, simultaneously. We know that the government is not solely at fault (ref. the Keynesian school of thought) despite the media's efforts to make the word “government” synonymous with evil.

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On competition: competition b/w capitalists ↑ ---> misery of proletariat ↑
‘This process, according to Marx, is an inevitable aspect of the mechanism of capitalist society, just as the exploitation urge is an inescapable phenomenon in the presence of competition. He maintains that this urge is not necessarily inherent (!!!) in human nature but is dictated by the class structure of a society which compels individuals and groups to act according to their narrow self interest.’

Awfully chicken and eggish, don’t you think? Which came first- the establishment of class or the desire to compete?
How was class established without the desire to compete?
Ok, then, what if we abolish class… and some individuals want to start racing again?
You want to hold back individuals… “For the good of the colony”?
Like I said. Chicken and eggish.
Assumption of evil- conditioned response? (Ref. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley.)

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anyway. moving on

'Competition, in Marx's analysis, gradually leads to the concentration of accumulated capital in fewer and fewer hands, snce the largest, and therefore most efficient, of the competing groups is bound to absorb and eliminate the smaller ones.'

Darwin's evolution theory.

so, then... are all men equal?
are all people, damn it- are all people equal?