144 posted on
02/18/2006 1:19:38 PM PST by
PatrickHenry
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The more I think about it, the
context of the above quotes that allegedly link Marx and Darwin is not clear. It should be remembered that much of Kapital is a condemnation of capitalism. When Marx speaks of the "bellum omnium contra omnes", he is describing the way things are
under capitalism . The same with the quote about how the manufacturing process “simplifies, improves, and multiplies the implements of labor, by adapting them to the exclusively special functions of each detail laborer.” If these are supposed to be examples of Darwinian economics, they are
negative examples, from a Marxian standpoint. These are economic conditions to be fought against for Marx.
Darwinian evolution, when properly understood by a Marxist, is much more conducive to capitalism.