SOCIAL JUSTICE AGAINST CAPITALISM

In: Monthly review: an independent socialist magazine, Band 40, Heft 1, S. 28-37

Abstract

THE AUTHOR HERE SUGGEST THAT IF ONE SEEKS SOCIAL JUSTICE HE IS STRUGGLING, CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY, AGAINST THE LOGIC OF CAPITALISM. IMPLICIT IN THE IDEAL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ECONOMIC SYSTEM, ONE WHICH EXISTS NOWHERE IN THE WORLD AT THIS TIME. AS MARK ENVISIONED, THE FALSE NATURE OF CAPITALISM WILL BE REVEALED OVER TIME. MARK LOOKED TO THE EMERGENCE OF NEW RELATIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE IN PRODUCTION, TO A SOCIETY CHARACTERIZED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF FREE AND EQUAL PRODUCERS.