Re: Ed Rocket on Capitalism


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see Jean Baudrillard: 'Pour une critique de i'economie politique du
signe'; Gallimard 1972

Nathan Goralnik wrote:

> Ed Rocket says:
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>> Capitalism is the use of money for the purpose of accumulating more money.
>> Money is pure exchange value, with no inherent use value. Thus there is no
>> end-goal or telos in capitalism, but rather perpetual and endless
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> exchange.
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> How Saussure-ish of you. Have the Marxist structuralists elaborated a theory
> of the economy as being structured like a language?
>
> ~Nate
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<html><head></head><body>see Jean Baudrillard: 'Pour une critique de i'economie politique du signe'; Gallimard 1972<br>
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Nathan Goralnik wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:077a01c06e00$c1750160$44d21418@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"><pre wrap="">Ed Rocket says:<br><br></pre>
<blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">Capitalism is the use of money for the purpose of accumulating more money.<br>Money is pure exchange value, with no inherent use value. Thus there is no<br>end-goal or telos in capitalism, but rather perpetual and endless<br></pre></blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><!---->exchange.<br><br>How Saussure-ish of you. Have the Marxist structuralists elaborated a theory<br>of the economy as being structured like a language?<br><br>~Nate<br><br><br><br></pre>
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