Re: (OPE-L) explaining transitions among modes of production

From: Allin Cottrell (cottrell@wfu.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 30 2004 - 22:51:55 EDT

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On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Gerald A. Levy wrote:

> [O]ne of the arcs that Paul suggested that we focus on was:
>
> communism => capitalism
>
> If it is silly to speculate that there can be a transition back to
> feudalism and slavery from either capitalism or socialism, how
> would you rank the probability of a transition to capitalism from
> communism, a mode of production that has never existed?

I'm not sure how I'd rank the probability, but I would rank the arc
as one of low priority for discussion under current conditions.  The
other ones Paul mentioned seem more pertintent.

Allin.

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