Yes, exactly this. C-M-C and M-C-M’ (which is what the comic says) are not just the same thing from a different perspective. Also, not every economy where commodity production exists is the same. C-M-C and M-C-M obviously predate capitalism by a long time.
Even though M-C-M implies equivalent labor value exchange, dealing with this relation by nature will create the ground for M-C-M’ to arise since there are those in that value chain who don’t experience C-M-C primarily, and they will want to extract value from M-C-M.
Yes, hence Marx saying about M-C-M “Its driving and motivating force, its determining purpose, is therefore exchange-value”. How to avoid or mitigate this during the socialist transition is obviously one of the biggest debates of the communist movement.
And what the comic is saying is that the two governments structure their economies around catering for a different one of those two appraoches. You can have M-C-M’ and C-M-C occur in the same economy, but the degree to which they each occur is vastly influenced by government and regulation.
Yes, exactly this. C-M-C and M-C-M’ (which is what the comic says) are not just the same thing from a different perspective. Also, not every economy where commodity production exists is the same. C-M-C and M-C-M obviously predate capitalism by a long time.
Yes, hence Marx saying about M-C-M “Its driving and motivating force, its determining purpose, is therefore exchange-value”. How to avoid or mitigate this during the socialist transition is obviously one of the biggest debates of the communist movement.
And what the comic is saying is that the two governments structure their economies around catering for a different one of those two appraoches. You can have M-C-M’ and C-M-C occur in the same economy, but the degree to which they each occur is vastly influenced by government and regulation.