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Julian wrote:
> I'm uneasy about the notion of a "surplus product" in a communist
>society.
So am I. If in Marx's "higher stage" of communism the principle of
satisfaction of needs for everyone applies, independently of any exact
measurement of work performed, this would mean that surplus labour has
disappeared. But I am not sure about the anthropological correctness of the
concept of human nature that underpins this vision of a future society. Is
the human being essentially and permanently a "creature of need", a needy
creature as suggested in the Paris manuscripts ?
In solidarity,
Jurriaan
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