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Annotations to Karl Marx's Introduction to Grundrisse

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1.1 Production<br />

mentioned in connection with the develop- Konkurrenz, Akkumulation usw. anzubrinment<br />

of competition, accumulation, etc. The gen ist. In der allgemeinen Fassung läuft die<br />

answer in its general form amounts <strong>to</strong> the Antwort auf das Allgemeine hinaus, daß ein<br />

general statement that an industrial nation industrielles Volk die Höhe seiner Produkachieves<br />

its highest productivity when it is tion in dem Moment besitzt, worin es überal<strong>to</strong>gether<br />

at the height of its his<strong>to</strong>rical de- haupt reine geschichtliche Höhe einnimmt.<br />

velopment. (In fact, a nation is at the height In fact. Industrielle Höhe eines Volks, soof<br />

its industrial development so long as, not lange noch nicht der Gewinn, sondern das<br />

the gain, but gaining remains its principal Gewinnen ihm Hauptsache ist. Sofern die<br />

aim. In this respect the Yankees are superior Yankees über den Engländern. Oder aber:<br />

<strong>to</strong> the English.) Or else that for example cer- daß z.B. gewisse Racen, Anlagen, Klimate,<br />

tain races, formations, climates, natural cir- Naturverhältnisse, wie Seelage, Fruchtbarcumstances,<br />

such as maritime position, fer- keit des Boden etc., der Produktion günstitility<br />

of the soil, etc., are more conducive <strong>to</strong> ger sind als andre. Läuft auch wieder auf die<br />

production than others. This again amounts Tau<strong>to</strong>logie hinaus, daß der Reichtum in dem<br />

<strong>to</strong> the tau<strong>to</strong>logical statement that the produc- Grade leichter geschaffen wird, als subjektion<br />

of wealth grows easier in the measure tiv und objektiv seine Elemente in höherm<br />

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