Re Paul Z's [6469] and Patrick's [6467] and [6472]: I'm not convinced one way or the other. But, I don't think the issue is as clear-cut as Patrick asserted in [6472]. Patrick wrote in [6467]: > In more politically loaded language, "Accumulate, Accumulate" is the logic > of the "anti-Christ." Yes, but which group specifically in Europe at the time that _Capital_ was written were labeled as 'anti-Christ'? Indeed, hadn't this prejudice existed in Europe in many cultures and sub-cultures at least since the Spanish Inquisition? By the time that _Capital_ was written the identification of Jewry with money-lending, saving, hoarding, and greed was a long-standing prejudice -- indeed the logic of accumulation was commonly believed to be the logic and practice of Jewry. Now let's look again at the passage in question. After the quote in question, there is "Therefore save, save ...." and then "accumulation for the sake of accumulation". So, first this is "Accumulate, Accumulate", then "Moses and the Prophets" then "save, save", etc. This doesn't prove anything, of course, except that Marx's choice of when to insert "Moses and the Prophets" was _at best_ a dubious decision from a political perspective given the rampant anti-Semitism that existed at the time. It is unquestionably true that Marx assumed a greater familiarity with the bible(s) by his readers than would be safe to assume today (except in some cultures). Nonetheless, he was not only aware of anti-Semitism in many European cultures but as his correspondence indicates he on occasion made anti-Semitic remarks. In solidarity, Jerry
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