I initially took it as descriptive. Like an explanation and prediction regarding capital and its natural laws.

But this is a quote that I’ve seen brought up to criticize Marx’s orientalism by Edward Said in his book and I see it repeated a lot in discussions in development studies so it seems like it’s worth discussing critically.

Also the idea of there being no social revolution in Asia is ridiculous. It’s something that Indigenous people in north america are sometimes accused of despite very high levels of political consciousness (and the rise and sublation of class societies) throughout their histories.

Yeah you’re right. I shouldn’t have said it’s fine. It’s definitely worthy of criticism.

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