Diane asks: "don't we need the symbol as a link to the material effects of
this? as the economy is dispersed in such gross contortions, understanding
how children determine their selves-in-relation to an external value that
is at the same time an internal structure, demands a recognition of the
effect of that interaction, no?"
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That's the question, diane! but just as we learn to count without using our
fingers, and I guess it's pretty rare for the police to be required to
enforce a whole array of social mores which we all adhere to 'naturally',
can't we transcend this rotten practice?
On the points you make about the importance of not reducing everything to
_one_ relation, sure of course, but I do think this _one_ has been
massively under-rated of late, and there are few social constructs nowadays
that don't have a heavy admixture of relative social wealth and power -
i.e. money - attached to them.
Andy
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