By : Anto Sangaji, Kandidat Doktor in York University, Canada
IF THERE Marx's theory of the most contentious, no doubt, that's the theory of the State. This debate may not need to show up, if only Marx had time to realize his plans to write a book on this topic, as we could catch from his letters to F. Lassalle (February 22, 1858) and F. Engels (2 April 1858) (Marx and Engels 1965: 103-4). Tail, among Marxist theorists, the debate about this country, rests on differences roots approach, is not spared. Some are trying to interpret from the Communist Manifesto (Manifesto hereafter), there is a reference to the Capital, or from the works of earlier, as a critique of Hegel, etc., etc., the Marxist theory of the state so colorful.
On
the other side , the non - Marxist , misunderstandings often arise ,
but it is the most widely believed , unifying theory of Marx ( and
Marxists ) of the country . They assume , for Marx and Marxists , State , no less or no more , theorized as a tool of the capitalist class . Simple .
This note summarizes the discussion going in the country tradition of Marxism , by weighing a variety of questions in mind . So the thought of color overlapping , then for the purposes of this note , only a few dominant approaches will be highlighted . And
because , most often discussed Manifesto , as representative of the
Marxist theory of the state , special attention will go there . How exactly characterize Marx and Engels in the Manifesto Country ? Is there a difference between the Manifesto and other works of Marx about this subject ? So, how did the theoretical Marxist State theorized that came later ? These questions will try to answer in this note , and a little reflection records will be placed at the end .
Manifesto : The state as a tool
No doubt, an important aspect of the Manifesto of the State is the nature instrumentalisnya. Namely, the state is an instrument of a certain class. Marx and Engels with light says:
in a real sense, political power [or the state is] organized power of one class for oppressing another class (1962a).
This statement, of course, can also be used to describe a non-capitalist society, people say the feudal mode of production or the other. So, Marx and Engels specifically mentions the state in capitalist society as follows:
Executive of the modern state is a committee that manages the common interests of the bourgeoisie as a whole (1962a: 36).
On the other, when explaining the transition from feudalism to capitalism, the two states, the transition was followed by the adjustment of political power (read state) against the interests of the capitalist class that is growing. They wrote:
In its place came the free competition [or capitalism], accompanied by a social and political arrangement that is aligned with, and by the economic and political power of the bourgeoisie (1962a: 39).
Light, in the eyes of Marx and Engels , the State is an instrument of the capitalist class .Keep in mind , the Manifesto is not the only text that emphasizes the state as a tool of the bourgeoisie . In
the German Ideology , when discussing private property , Marx and
Engels stated that the emergence of this type of property rights
associated with the birth of the modern State . His
birth coincided with the presence of the capitalist class , in which
the process of destruction of property relations of pre - capitalist (
feudalism ) paved the way for the State to serve the interests of the
bourgeoisie . In
this frame , " the State is the entity in which the individuals of the
ruling class [ bourgeois ] demonstrate their common interests " ( Marx
and Engels , 1976: 99 ) . Or , in the Origin of the Family , Private Property, and the State ,
Engels pointed to the modern state as a means of exploitation of wage
labor by capital ( Marx and Engels , 1962b : 320 ) .In contrast, in a sense still intrumentalis , Manifesto also designate the State as an instrument of the proletariat :
State [ is ] the proletariat organized as the ruling class ( Marx and Engels,1962a : 53 )
What
is Marx and Engels on the State here , must be understood in the
context of the transition from one mode of production to another mode of
production , ie, from capitalism to socialism / communism . Marx clearly menandaskannya in the Critique of the Gotha Programme :
Between capitalist society and communist society there is a period of revolutionary change . It
also covers the period of political transition , in which the state is a
revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat ( Marx , 1962b : 32-3 [
Italic from original ] ).
The
necessity of organized workers as a class for the control of the state ,
namely , the State of the proletariat after destroying the capitalist
state , according to Marx and Engels , aiming to centralize all
instruments of production in their grasp . The key task of the proletarian state is socialism character revolutionized economic relations . Here
, the notion of the state to centralize all instruments of production
is not an end goal , but a part of the transition to socialism . Because
, the process of transition from one mode of production to another mode
of production takes much longer than just a state political power . The latter can only take place in one night .
In summary , the Manifesto gives a message about the state as a particular class , either the capitalist class , or proletariat.
At a later date , a reference Manifesto Marxist theories of the State . The experts , called the theory as ' instrumentalist theories country . ' Two examples can be filed . First
, Lenin , in State and Revolution , stating that the state as a tool of
the proletariat is the definition of the state is very important , but
often forgotten . Writing
the book , in the spirit of the Russian revolution and the debate among
German Social Democratic leader Kautsky , Lenin developed the concept
of the state that have been formulated by Marx and Engels in the
Manifesto . According to him , the country is a force for restraint class organization . he said ,
Exploiting
class requires political power in order to maintain exploitation , in
order to meet the interests of a small group that is not how the amount,
and at the same time against the interests of the majority group . [ Instead ] the exploited group requires political power in order to
put an end to the full all forms of exploitation , which is the interest
of the majority of the people and against the interests of minorities ,
the modern slave owners - the landlords and the capitalist class (
Lenin , 1987:287 ) .
Lenin
also said , in response to the capitalist state , it would require an
alternative state , the ' state of the proletariat , ' referring to Marx
and Engels . He continued , ' proletarian state ' can only be established through the destruction of the bourgeois state . Proletariat requires :
The
state as a centralized organization of power , violence organization ,
with the aim to beat the resistance of the exploiters ( the landlords
and capitalists ) and also with the aim of leading the majority of the
people - the peasants , petty bourgeoisie , and semi - proletariat - in
an attempt to run a socialist economy ( Lenin , 1987: 288 ) .
Second , Ralph Miliband , The State in Capitalist Society the , also represents an instrumentalist theory . In
his eyes , as far as dealing with the capitalist society , the views of
Marx and Engels on the State already briefly and clearly stated in the
Manifesto . He also argues that the works of classical Marxism about politics , generally sourced from certain historical events . It can be seen from the works of the Eighteenth Brumaire Marx of Louis
Bonaparte , The Civil War in France , and the works of Lenin's State
and Revolution .Basically
, Miliband intends to disarm the arguments of liberal pluralist
theorists who believe completely that the modern state is neutral and
protection for all groups in society . According to him , the neutrality of the State is only an illusion. To
build his argument , Miliband advocated for wear historical and
empirical investigation procedure in order to see the relation between
the State and the capitalist class . From
his studies , according to Miliband , the capitalist class played a
decisive role in the political power , because they control the economic
life of the region . He stated :
Under
the scheme of Marxist theory , " the ruling class " in a capitalist
society is the class that owns and controls the means of production
(means of production ) . Then , by relying on economic power in his hand , they take advantage
of the state as a vehicle to dominate society (2009 [ 1969] : 19 ) .
From
empirical observations in the advanced capitalist countries , Miliband
saw intrumentalis function of the State, the capitalist class as a
waiter , in fact, often used the rhetoric of ' national interest ' as
shields this class . He , for example , cites the famous phrase ' what is good for General
Motors is good for America ' as an example , how the interests of the
company in such a polished way into the U.S. national interest .We know , Miliband got the most scathing criticism of Nicos Poulantzas , other Marxist theoreticians . Although
empirical methods Miliband appreciate deemed to overturn the theory of
pluralist democratic dogmatism , Poulantzas considers the fundamental
problem lies in Miliband's magnified in a very dominant empirical
methods . According
to him , a critique of the theory must begin with a base bombed
epistemology theory to be criticized , not with shortcuts to jump to the
concrete questions , as shown Miliband . For
Poulantzas , a scientific approach to investigate the facts ' concrete '
must also be preceded by placing clearly epistemology own rules . He
admitted , though it is implied rules exist in his work , Poulantzas
considers Miliband commit fundamental error , in the absence of light
presentation of the rules ( Poulantzas , 2008: 174 ) . In
this context , criticism Poulantzas , which is then followed by an
exclamation theoretical debate between the two , is seen more as a
methodological debate about the debate over the theory of the State (
Barrow , 2002) .
Various TheoriesSociologist
Bob Jessop (2007 ) , often seen as the heir Poulantzas , even
questioning the business of theorizing the State with reference to the
Manifesto . For
Jessop , as the Manifesto is a script for a political program , the
goal is an invitation to engage in a political struggle , not a detailed
analysis of the formation of class and political representation . He
on the contrary, considers the Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
as an important text for the development and interpretation of Marx's
theory of the state . Well
, from this manuscript , appearing opposite of the theory of ' the
State as an instrument , ' the theory ' state autonomy . ' Theory is
more or less said , the State is not a tool of certain classes , the
opposite stand in autonomous or relatively autonomous position of the
class - the class . In
a capitalist system , the State is seen serves to protect the system ,
not pretend partial , with the favor of the capitalist class . In the German Ideology , Marx and Engels gave indications of such understanding , the more general formula :
The contradiction between special interests and the common good, [
then ] the public interest manifests itself in the form of an
independent state , which is separated from the interests of individual
and group ( 1976 : 52 ) .
In other words , the State does not serve the special interests that exist in the community , but the wider public interest . Countries , therefore , stands on top of autonomous different interests . In a concrete sense , Marx saw the nature of state autonomy in the imperial era of Louis Bonaparte ( 1852-1870 ) . According
to Marx , because there is no class that has enough power to rule over
the country , the executive who ruled the state itself , without being
influenced by any social class , bourgeois or proletarian . He
added that , despite the success of the Bonapartist State modernize the
economy in order to advance his power , as the material basis of
imperial and military power , but the state did not change the relations
of capitalist production . In other words , despite the capitalists did not control the country , Bonaparte still leave them free to accumulate capital .However
, this situation becomes the main seeds of contradiction , in which the
French bourgeoisie grew into a wealthy, then feel the limitations of
space under the autonomous state . They then attempt to control the state apparatus . On the other hand , economic advancement doubles the proletariat and the longer they are increasingly influential force . In the end , the State Bonapartist make compromises with the bourgeoisie . At the end of the Bonaparte regime , we see emerging the most
important revolution of the working class at that time , with the
emergence of Paris Commune ( Marx and Engels , 1962a ; Draper , 1977) .What is seen is the emergence of the State Bonapartist Marx was born in a period of normal forms of the bourgeois state . This
period was marked prominence of class balance , which appears as an
intermediate state power , with a certain degree of autonomy to both the
capitalist class against the proletariat maunpun . For
Marx , the State autonomy appears in two levels: first , under normal
conditions , enjoy a number of autonomous state bureaucracy , because
the bourgeoisie had no interest in the direct control of state power and
also because of conflicts among the bourgeoisie itself . In
this condition , the bourgeois class society to hand over the affairs
of bureaucratic state power , and in the same time subordinated to the
public bureaucracy bourgeois and capitalist production . Second,
the autonomy of the States present moment appeared unstable equilibrium
in the contradiction between the capitalist and proletariat classes . Here , the State does not become an instrument of the bourgeoisie ,
but the actions adapted to the conditions of the class struggle ( Marx
and Engels , 1962a ; Draper , 1977) .Outside the state autonomy theory , much effort by the Marxist theorising , with reference to various works of Marx . In
general , there are three main theories , namely , structural theory ,
the logic of capital theory , and the theory of class struggle , with
many variations . This discussion illustrates three general and brief .First Instance , the structural theory of the state . Nicos Poulantzas , Political Power and Social in Classes , representing this theory . Completely
different to Miliband , he stated that the State is not an instrument
of bourgeois capitalist class , and assume the functions of the state
can be differentiated by social class . First
, the working class , the State works to prevent class evolved into a
political organization and brought the political class ( 1968:188 ) . Instead
, the State seeks to represent the interests of the working class under
the ideology of 'public interest ' of all citizens , not the interests
of the working class in particular (1968 : 133 ) . By
doing this , the State paralyzing political class from the working
class , which at times can be a foundation for them to destroy the
political base of capitalist exploitation in the capitalist system , the
State itself . Second , the capitalist class , the State acted differently . According
to Poulantzas , due to a fraction of the capitalist class and the lack
of political unity among them , then this class is not free to realize
their hegemony over the working class . Instead
, the State took over the political interests of the capitalist class (
1968:284 ) and aimed to unite the factions of this class into a power
block to protect their hegemony ( 1968:137 ) . So , in this case , ' the capitalist state , ' according to Poulantzas
(1968 : 190 ) , ' do not directly represent the economic interests of
the dominant classes [ or capitalist class ] , but their political
interests . 'To
carry out these two functions , then inevitably , the State should be
relatively autonomous from the influence of the capitalist classes and
factions among them . By
having this kind of autonomy , will give space to the State to
participate arrange compromises between the capitalist class . With
relative autonomy , the State also can freely intervene to destroy the
economic interests of certain factions of this class , thereby
protecting the interests of political and economic capitalist class as a
whole (1968 : 284-5 ) . Thus , under capitalism , the function of the State , according to
Poulantzas , is a ' tool of social cohesion , ' so that the system is
not broke .Second , the theory of the logic of capital or commonly known as ' derivationist theory , ' especially the debate in Germany . This
theory seeks to develop the concept of a latent state as something
embedded in the concept of capital ( Lebowitz , 2009: 329 ) . The
method used to follow the two basic procedures , the empirical and
historical research on the one hand , and the way of presentation is
determined analytically , on the other hand . They
consider Marxist political theory must combine between empirical and
historical research in order to obtain the facts and explain the facts
it is based on the logic of capitalist development , as set out in the
Capital ( Barrow , 2000) . They
reject the theory of structural intrumentalis Miliband and Poulantzas ,
because the two theories are considered ignoring the category of '
historical materialism ' of Capital . They
also looked at Miliband and Poulantzas made the mistake of separating
the economic aspects of Capital ( value , value , and accumulation )
with the political aspects of capital ( such as the discussion of the
Factory Act , etc. ) , then choose memfoksukan on the political aspects
of the Capital only ( Holloway and Picciotto , 1978:3-4 ) . In short , this theory seeks to understand the general arguments about
the theory of the state and its main function to dig directly from the
logic of the capitalist mode of production .Among these theorists , the main one is Elmar Altvater ( 1973) . He discussed the state of ' capital in general , ' a concept that Marx used in Capital . The
principle of the dialectic , the overall relationship / total and
bagian-bagian/individu-individu , Altvater stated , at a conceptual
level , ' capital in general ' is translated as ' total social capital ,
' which is the combined total ' individual capital ' in the community .
He
continued , only the 'total social capital , ' not ' individuals
capital , ' which reflect the laws of motion of capitalist mode of
production . But
, at the transaction level , ' individual capital ' that make up the
existence of ' total social capital . ' At the conceptual level again , '
capital in general ' is a cornerstone of the capital laws immanent , in
which ' capital individuals ' interconnected and form a ' total social capital . ' In other words , ' capital
individuals ' established themselves as a ' total social capital '
through competition , the imperative aspects of capitalism .But , according to Altvater , the formation of ' total social capital ' can not fully depend on the competition . If
the production of capital by ' individual capital ' is not profitable
or could damage the interests of the whole society , which means that
capital can not produce entirely through ' individual capital , ' then ,
here , capital requires a special institution , which stands outside
and on top of bourgeois society . This is a State institution . Therefore , memberkan bourgeois society where the state to embody the common interests of capital . However , the State can not be understood either as a ' political tool ' or ' institution designed ' by capital . More
than that , the State is a specialized agency , the result of the
progress of social existence of capital , which is achieved through
competition as a key aspect of the process of social reproduction of
capital .
At
the concrete level , according to Altvater , the State is the ' public
interest representation of capital , ' the primary function of
protecting the capitalist society that could be ravaged by competition .
Country in order to give space exploitation by labor wages can work continuously . The state also establish legal relations in order to protect the ' general conditions ' of capitalist production . But , at the same time , the State may punish individuals capital in
certain moments when viewed threaten the interests of bourgeois society
as a whole .Third
, the theory of class struggle , who saw that the core of the Marxist
theory of the state must be put in the context of the class struggle . Marx
and Engels ' famous phrase in the Manifesto ] history of all existing
society today is the history of class struggle ' to signal that the
state in all types of communities become central to class struggle . One of the adherents of this theory is the sociologist Simon Clarke (1991 ) . According to him , the most logical reason to understand the State is the class struggle . He
said , ' If there is never class struggle , ' because the working class
would not submit roundly to capitalist social relations that
subordinate them , ' then there will be no State . " Development of the
State , therefore , is the most fundamental aspect of the development of the class struggle . In other words , the state can not be isolated from the class struggle .To
arrive at such claims , especially in bourgeois society , Clarke
considers that the State can not be analyzed directly from the logic of
self - reproduction ( self - reproduction ) of capital , as is done by
theoreticians logic of capital . To
explain the relationship between the state and capital , it is
necessary to draft an intermediary , namely the class struggle . By
referring to the Capital , about the concept of the ability of self -
reproduction of capital relations , no other is the production and
reproduction of surplus value ( surplus - value) or reconversion into
capital value over a continuous basis , Clarke basing his argument on
the relationship between capital and labor . For
him , the relationship between capital and labor class is generated
only through the production and reproduction of surplus value ( summary,
symbolized by M - C { LP + MP } - M 'where M = money , C = commodities ,
LP = labor , and MP = means of production ) . Necessity
for self - reproduction is , on the one hand , the availability of
productive forces (productive forces ) , which is the historical
foundation of capitalist social relations , and on the other hand ,
subordination of individual ( worker ) to the relations of production (
relations of production ) capitalists . This means that the reproduction of capital also means the reproduction of the working class as a foundation. But
capital does not produce the working class as passive servant , but as a
factor which has become an obstacle to the reproduction of capital
itself. This
is the most fundamental contradictions of the capitalist mode of
production , ie the reproduction process characterized by the
inevitability of class struggle , having to constantly preserve the
working class under the control of the capitalist class . This contradiction is like a time bomb that was never solved , but only delaying the explosion .Clarke
dived to his discussion of historical materialism explanation of the
relationship between capital and labor , with a look at the relations of
production ( relations of productions ) , understood as
tersubordinasikannya labor under capital . Pensubordinasian
contradicts aspects of ' productive forces ' ( forces of production ) ,
where workers are active agents in the production . The contradiction comes to the surface as the struggle for mengntrol production . Although
, the capitalist class can use their rights - the right to appoint and
dismiss - as a weapon to suppress working class individuals , but it
also can wear more ways to control the working class collectively , for
example , incorporate a variety of rules in the work process (
labor process) and builds a hierarchical division of labor among the
working class collectively ( eg separation between mental and manual
labor and manual labor put under the control of mental work ) . Clarke
considers that the process of capitalist social relations of this kind
is purely economic , in which the capitalist class does not need to
require the state to guarantee it . For example , to protect the physical properties , this class uses its
own methods , without relying on other institutions , say , simply use
the alarm , internal security forces , padlocks , CCTV , and others .However
, by concentrating workers collectively at the place of production , or
unite them with the means of production , it is precisely the seed
material for the working class against the capitalist class . In
other words , the process of capitalist production are socially uniting
the working class into loose soil growing strength of this class is
organized . Because every day they work collectively with interdependent with each other under the control of hours of production . They also jointly determine the obligations and rights . Breath
of the process of production and reproduction of capital , therefore ,
determined by the ability of the capitalist class in the class of
workers in production control and limit the self-organizing ability of
this class as a producer , shaping and sharpening hierarchy among the
working class so that they recognize and accept the capitalist class as the central agent . Only
this is a capital base , and the separation of the working class
control of the means of production , then capital can be continuously
reproduced . Therefore
, according to Clarke , transplantation of the working class by the
capitalist class is not supplied by the external power of separating
them from the control of the means of production , but depends entirely
on the ability of the capitalist to exploit the material weapons ,
ideology and politics to effectively maintain its power in the arena 's
upper class class struggle .As
delivered , capital creates disincentives to reproduction itself and
can only be resolved temporally through class struggle , with a leaning
to the power base material . Well
, in an effort to dispel the obstacles in the expansion of the
reproduction of capital , or the accumulation of capital , the
capitalists use all weapons , and an important one is the power of the
State . Here
, according to Clarke , the State is not functional agents utilized to
resolve the contradiction , but no more than a complementary body ,
which is used in an attempt to win the capitalist class struggle , by
putting off the explosion of the contradictions of capital itself. At
a certain moment , in terms of class struggle contingencies , the
capitalist class to try to win influence political processes , for
example , influence policy / legislation on low labor costs , against
the policies of redistribution , and so forth . In
contrast , of the working class , contingent nature of the class
struggle could have taken the form of demand wage increases and various
benefits , the formation of trade unions , strikes , plant closings ,
the formation of political parties , or even in the socialist character
of the revolution - ie seize state power and then transform capitalist relations of production become socialistic .
With the picture above, what Clarke has to say is that the State was not a necessity under the logic of self-reproduction of capitalist relations. According to him, no State necessity is formal and abstract, in other words, not embedded in the logic of M - C - M 'On the contrary, the State is a historical necessity, born of the development of the class struggle, is a collective tool for class domination. Clarke menandaskannya:
Logically, the state does not grow out of capital [mechanism M - C - M '], but historically, he grew bloom of class struggle (1991:5).
With such a pretext, unlike Clarke instrumentalist theory, structural theory, and the theory of the logic of capital that mengesensialkan capitalistic nature of the State. For him, it's just the nature of such a surface. Essential overview of the state is characteristic of the class.
ReflectionSince
Marx himself never realize his intention to write about the State in
particular , and his works on this topic were scattered everywhere ,
both in the abstract and refer to specific historical events , then in
my opinion , the most excellent way out to understand Marx 's theory about
the state and or Marxian theory of the state is to re- look at all of
his work was with reference to dialectic materialism , scientific method
distinguishes science of Marxism from bourgeois ideology ( Marx , 1973:
100-8 , Marx , 1970: 19 ) . This argument leads to four reflective note .First
, the methods of the abstract to the concrete ( ' rising from the
abstract to the concrete ' ) ( Marx , 1973:100-8 ) , the works of Marx
about the state can be traced from texts such as in the German Ideology
or Preface to a Contributions to Political Economy . In
both works , we can see that the study of the state should start from
the most fundamental aspects in historical materialism , ie, by exposing
aspects of the mode of production ( the combination of productive
forces and the relations of production ) . In
the same style , then we have to refer to Capital , Marx's theoretical
masterpiece revealing how the capitalist system works . I
would argue , Capital is the most solid theoretical foundation for
developing a theory of the bourgeois State , which is the abstract of
the logic of contradictions within capitalism itself . The theory of the logic of capital and the theory of class struggle ,
in spite of the differences of both approaches , are examples of how
Marxist theorists trying to understand the bourgeois state with such a
framework .Second
, investigation of concrete to the abstract ( 'to advance from the
particular to the general ' ) ( Marx , 1970:19 ) , can see in the work
of Marx as the Eighteent Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte and The Civil War
in France . With
this investigation procedure , we find certain historical moments in
which the properties of specificity states different from one place to
another . Works, can be categorized into this group , as he emphasizes specialization in Russian revolutionary experience . Miliband
projects which refers to the capitalist countries in Western countries
with a strong empirical approach , can also be said to belong here . Therefore
, from the contrasting claims about the ' state as a tool ' and ' State
autonomy , ' better look at it as a characteristic of the state in a
particular historical moment . More fundamental , characteristic of such countries see this as a
contingency , which is determined by developments in the class struggle ,
the inevitable result of internal contradictions .Third , what about the Manifesto ? Can not be refuted , the text refers to a particular historical moment , as alluded historian Hobsbawm (1998 : 13 ) . In
my opinion , it is not important Questioning Manifesto , because it
does not elaborate on the phrase ' the State as an instrument of the
capitalist class , ' or ' proletariat organized as a state , ' let's say
, than with the Civil War in France and the Eighteent Brumaire of Louis
Bonaparte . Much more important is the second put the phrase in the context of the class struggle in the future . There is also a fundamental aspect to be learned from here ; as
a contradictory system , ie , irreconcilable tension between the
development of productive forces and the relations of production ,
capitalism will suffer destruction from within . This
is what Marx (1976 ) mean by ' negation of capitalism creates for
himself . ' Of course , not like waiting for the lottery , dreaming of
the coming destruction , but actively get rid of it through class
struggle , including seizing state power , in order to end the
exploitation of the working class by the capitalist class . Second Manifesto phrase must be read according to the reasoning .Fourth
, the development of an increasingly globalized contemporary capitalism
increasingly shows bourgeois state never loses its class character . Although
state -based political nations formed a national , maintained through
manipulation of various symbols of national identity and ideology , but
the class character transcend national boundaries , after the
internationalization of capital - industrial capital , financial capital
, and kapiatl komerial - eroded those boundaries . The
proof , contract law and capitalist ownership knocked the national
constitution and legal system , integrating the nation state
categorically to the logic of capital accumulation on a global scale . And this tendency , always starting with the crises of capitalism , especially since the 1970s . The
emergence of neo-liberal state , with extreme orientation protection of
private property rights and the imposition of market fundamentalism is
an aggressive , no one else was a victory of the capitalist class in the
class struggle , to get out of the crisis . The
effect , as in the advanced capitalist countries , the breath of the
working class increasingly crowded , because the drug crisis is
austerity program , no other discipline the working class , to be
subject to the neoliberal , with dug deep into his own pocket to finance
education , health , and service - other services .
In the capitalist countries that are developing, such as Indonesia, the brutality of this system takes place, for example, through the exploitation of absolute surplus-value-based, with or extending working hours and workload doubles during work hours, but with the same wages and low. This experience could be easily traced in concrete in capitalist industries in the manufacturing sector, mining, and plantation. No less cruel, or even more, the process of destruction of the forms of pre-capitalist mode of production runs fast and extends everywhere: on the surface, is present in the form of expropriation of the lands of farmers and indigenous peoples, often ongoing bleeding, only with one goal: open a new space for the reinvestment of surplus-value.
Of all these stories, there is no bourgeois state. Business as usual. ***
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