Capitalism; Imperialism; Saving and investment; Socialism
Speaking of the 'actual constitution of society', Marx here also
considers merely the parasitic joint consumers of surplus value and of
the wage of labour, i.e. only the hangers-on of the principal categories
of capitalist production.
There can be no doubt, therefore, that Marx wanted to demonstrate the
process of accumulation in a society consisting exclusively of workers
and capitalists, under the universal and exclusive domination of the
capitalist mode of production. On this assumption, however, his diagram
does not permit of any other interpretation than that of production for
production's sake.
Let us recall the second example of Marx's diagram of enlarged
reproduction:
1st year:
I. _5,000c + 1,000v + 1,000s = 7,000_ means of production
II. _1,430c + 285v + 285s = 2,000_ means of subsistence
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9,000
2nd year:
I. _5,417c + 1,083v + 1,083s = 7,583_ means of production
II. _1,583c + 316v + 316s = 2,215_ means of subsistence
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9,798
3rd year:
I. _5,869c + 1,173v + 1,173s = 8,215_ means of production
II. _1,715c + 342v + 342s = 2,399_ means of subsistence
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10,614
4th year:
I. _6,358c + 1,271v + 1,271s = 8,900_ means of production
II. _1,858c + 371v + 371s = 2,600_ means of subsistence
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11,500
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