The Importance of Primitive Accumulation

Bob Greene: Moore is one of a bunch of Marxist thinkers who have tried to think through Marx's primitive accumulation concept. He says capitalism constantly needs to dispossess indigenous people of their lands and resources in order to keep accumulation going, something we're seeing in Canadian politics right now with beefs between the oil and gas industry and indigenous peoples. "He's inserting himself into a long line of Marxist and even just Marx-inspired thinkers," Greene says.