IS NATIONALISING THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS OF THE ECONOMY A VALID TRANSITIONAL DEMAND?
February 25, 2021 12 Comments
Those on the left who call for the nationalization of only the top corporations, anywhere between 100 and 500 depending on the group, are proposing that the route to communism first passes through the portal of state capitalism.
THEPLANNINGMOTIVE.COM 
‘THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN PREDICTING THE FUTURE IS BEING TRAPPED BY THE PAST’
I love the title! It reflects exactly how I feel about the Western left.
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Have you read this – https://www.marxists.org/subject/left-wing/gik/1930/index.htm
Their idea of communism is very similar to yours.
Thank you. I will take a look.
Get the whole thing (410 pps) here as a PDF: https://libcom.org/library/fundamental-principles-communist-production-gik
Direct: https://libcom.org/files/GIK-%20Fundamental%20Principles%20of%20Communist%20Production%20and%20Distribution.pdf
Thanks
I would like to hear your thoughts on it 🙂
I intend to. I have previously read up on this period, but in the decades since my own thinking and theories have evolved, so it will be illuminating to read up on this again. Thank you for reminding me. I think I have been too pre-occupied with data on the world economy.
It is quite a long document but worthwhile document. To do it justice I will write a review and publish it before month end under the title “The planning bodies do not create jobs, instead the set out the necessary tasks needed to fulfil the plan.”
I have just posted my review of their Theses under the title LABOUR TIME IS THE VISIBLE HAND GUIDING PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION. I would like to hear your comments.
Marx, taking the concept over from Hegel, writes of the immanent laws of capitalism; the immanent critique; the immanent measure; the immanent relation, NOT imminent. Immanent refers to the inherent, intrinsic qualities of the relations under examination. Imminent, impending, events that can be external to the subject under investigation.
Thank you. I have reposted with immanent replacing imminent.