thanks Charles for reminding us what an anti-democratic ideologue HOOK became -- In his later years he argued vociferously that COMMUNISTS do not deserve the protection of the Bill of Rights ... and he did some very impressive philosophical back-flipping to make his point --- which in the end of "true" by definition --- his "definition" of communists ...
On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 1:31 PM Charles via groups.io <charles1848= [email protected]> wrote: > The shabby Marxist, turned anti-communist witch hunter, Sidney Hook hardly > offered a *defense* of the labor theory of value. This is apparent as > soon as he says that between the labor theory of value and the marginalist > theory, “no direct appeal to the facts of price movements can by itself > settle the dispute between them.” The labor theory of value is not about > price movements. It explains why a cycle of prosperity and depression has > prevailed for 200 years of industrial capitalism. It explains why > capitalism enters a final phase of economic and hence political decay. The > facts of price movements have little to do with all this. > _._,_._,_ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41063): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41063 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/118257263/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
