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How tf does one become ultraleft? (hexbear.net)
submitted 11 months ago by GlueBear@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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I'm almost convinced that people don't become ultraleft; they end up ultraleft. What type of confusion, abuse, bigotry, whatever- it doesn't matter- turns someone into an ultraleft?

I'm at my wits end, are they just neoliberals that haven't accepted that fact?

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[–] Mog_Pharou@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What are the three questions?

[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Oh damn sorry I didn't respond, your comment just didn't get logged into my message notification for some reason

Anyway 15 days later lmao the questions are

  1. How many sources of profit are there?
  2. Does competition or monopoly define capital accumulation?
  3. Is profitability or consumption the driving force of capitalist production?
[–] Mog_Pharou@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Appreciate the reply, late or not :)

I wanted to take a crack at them for my own education. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

  1. 1- labor
  2. Monopoly
  3. Profit

How I do?

[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
  1. 1- labor and 2- Profit on alienation (i.e. buy cheap, sell dear) also known as arbitrage
  2. Competition, but not how it's define by neoclassical economists
  3. Profit, you nailed it stalin-approval
[–] Mog_Pharou@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

Thank you!!