Explain the history of capitalism and the way it is fundamentally exploitative. In answering this question please use of all the Political Economic (Marxist) concepts we discussed in class (Marx and Mandell). How does the exploitation lead to the experience of Chicanos and Latinos in the US? (Almaguer and Reports) (please draw from the readings).
- How can Chicanos and Latinos begin to build wealth and then use that wealth to enter into a new Mode of Production? What are the various ways that Latinos can advance the project of Economic Democracy ensuring that the value that they create stays with those who create it? What does a democratic economy look like?(production of use – not profit) (Dr. Carls lectures on wealth buildings and reading).
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