Marx supported black slavery in America

Another quote from Marx that you never hear about shows how much Leftist culture has changed in the last 150 years—or does it? With AA they still think in racial terms

Letter from Marx to Pavel Vasilyevich Annenkov, 1846: “As for slavery, there is no need for me to speak of its bad aspects. The only thing requiring explanation is the good side of slavery. I do not mean indirect slavery, the slavery of proletariat; I mean direct slavery, the slavery of the Blacks in Surinam, in Brazil, in the southern regions of North America.

Direct slavery is as much the pivot upon which our present-day industrialism turns as are machinery, credit, etc. Without slavery there would be no cotton, without cotton there would be no modern industry. It is slavery which has given value to the colonies, it is the colonies which have created world trade, and world trade is the necessary condition for large-scale machine industry. Consequently, prior to the slave trade, the colonies sent very few products to the Old World, and did not noticeably change the face of the world. Slavery is therefore an economic category of paramount importance. Without slavery, North America, the most progressive nation, would be transformed into a patriarchal country. Only wipe North America off the map and you will get anarchy, the complete decay of trade and modern civilisation. But to do away with slavery would be to wipe America off the map. Being an economic category, slavery has existed in all nations since the beginning of the world. All that modern nations have achieved is to disguise slavery at home and import it openly into the New World”

Context here

Posted by jonjayray on Thursday, April 21, 2005 at 07:43 AM in Marxism & Culture War
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Posted by Geoff Beck on April 21, 2005, 12:55 PM | #

I’m not surprised Marx was really against “private” ownership of slaves. Apparently, he does not oppose “public” ownership of slaves, for example the residents of the USSR - which were gov’t property.

In the enlightened and free gov’ts of the West, taking over 50% of our income, with onerous property taxes, and police state laws, are not we, too, “public” slaves.

Posted by John S Bolton on April 21, 2005, 02:49 PM | #

From this one could infer also that leftism retains its image of liberationism by means of force, squashing with censorship, or drowning out with public money, those who care enough about the truth to mention the leftist love of slavery, sacrifice, malice and irrationality.

Posted by Andrew L on April 22, 2005, 04:14 AM | #

It is Funny how history turns and now the reverse is true, White Anglo’s are now slave for Black , via Taxation, Geoff makes a good point, so now we become slaves for the Grand masters to give to the fat lazy ass 3rd worlders,Most of which would not work in an Iron Lung, and immigrants,Not all, But most. So now the civilized are the opressed, I am sure if we had a choice what my money did, but we do not have that choice, Hale the Masters,Fehrer’S or Bowanna, take time out to punch a politition,and make it very hard, we are Peed Off. If they want to fund their Ideological Bull, then fund it from there own pockets, leave the rest of us alone, OR ELSE.

Posted by Geoff Beck on April 22, 2005, 01:38 PM | #

Andrew:

I’m convinced the only reasonable way of resolving the unresolvable problems in America is secession.

I’m watching Vlaams Belang closely. If they can get sucession moving in Flanders, it might spread.

In fact continental Europe had a history of free and independent towns and cities. I think the Anglo Countries will be a bit tougher though.

Posted by Andrew L on April 22, 2005, 09:22 PM | #

You conclusions of the Economic and political state are finite,sucession would be Ideal, but in Western Politics, may well be harder, in that the continued quest to isolate the state control, will probably end in civil war,but that of the State against it very own people,To what extent this is possible and out come is worth a thought,Isolate the State and dissarm it , remove the vehicles,and destroy the inculcation of Ideological anti Thieses, Peoples charity will depend on that, The people, not the Mentaly sick that have taken control.

Posted by Carlos on July 15, 2005, 08:10 PM | #

Your reading comprehension is not very good, I should say. From Marx’s paragraph above I understand that he did NOT support slavery, but he acknowledges that it has created value in the same way that the proletariat has. These two sentences speak for themselves:

“As for slavery, there is no need for me to speak of its bad aspects.”
“All that modern nations have achieved is to disguise slavery at home and import it openly into the New World”