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| Term Paper 826: Essay about Chapter Twenty-Six: Secret of Original Accumulation |
| [1438] COMMI and Ernesto: Pre-Submission of Term Paper Draft. Marx begins chapter 26 by displaying the circular tendencies within the model of capitalism. It begins with the availability of capital and labor power in the hands of commodity producers which enables capitalistic production. The purpose is to generate surplus value, wherein it is reinvested for the purpose of perpetual accumulation of capital. In order to explain the tendencies of capitalism we have to look at the point of departure from primitive accumulation. Marx viewed our current model of capitalism as nothing more than a departure from a primitive form of accumulation. |
| In order to describe this departure Marx provides a common story of progression that would appeal to the masses using a popular belief rooted in religious discourse. Primitive accumulation was the original sin of capitalism. Contrary to popular belief as Marx stated capital accumulation is not derived on the merits of an industrious class enlightening a lazy unproductive class, but on the back of exploitation, coercion and ultimately force of one group by the other. Unlike Adam's condemnation to eat his bread from the sweat of his brow the bourgeois feasts upon the fruits of the demoralized. |
| Marx defines the production of capital through the interaction of money and the means of production with the labor forces. |
| Primitive accumulation went through its own natural stage of progression fueled by a crisis. A deprivation of rights and liberty brought about a continual increase of exploitation. The serf and peasant were originally part of the means of production until being replaced by free peasant proprietors. The distinguishing difference was the ability of the peasant to sell his labor and to also own his land. In order for capitalist to resume accumulation, labor had to be bought. |
| Similar to cancer capitalism continues to thrive of existing resource endowments, the human body, in order to survive. In essence the cyclical existence |
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