Quick takeaways

• Moishe Postone challenges the traditional Marxist understanding of socialism as collective ownership of the means of production and centralized planning, arguing that it fails to recognize the unique dynamics of capitalism.

• Postone highlights the distinction between value and use value, criticizes the fetishization of violence by some Marxists, and advocates for transforming the production process itself to move beyond capitalism.

• The podcast emphasizes the importance of considering Marx's analysis of value in its own historically determinant terms and explores the dangers of crude anti-capitalism veering into anti-Semitic narratives.

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