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is a system that reduces a great part of mankind from producers of their own particular fruits to wage earners.

Marx wants to ask larger questions, ignored by economist, such as 'What in the evolution of mankind is the meaning of this reduction of the greater part of mankind to abstract labour'' (By 'abstract labour' Marx means work done simply in order to earn a wage, rather than for the worker's own specific purposes. (Singer 'very short intro to marx : 33)

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is tied into exploitative macro systems of power whereby developed countries consume food produced in developing countries in ways that damage the eco-system and economies of such countries.

. The concept of power is central to these explanations of food patterns. Power relations are generally represented as unequal in relation to the production, distribution and consumption of food. Thus, it is argued, the populations of developed countries are exploitative in their food consumption practices by consuming foods produced in developing countries in ways that damage the eco-system and economies of such countries (Singer, 1992... Heldke, 1992b).

is an unlikely 'liberator of humanity' for history to call upon, not all that unlike a film director calling the errand-boy to play hamlet.

Before 1844, to judge from his writings, Marx scarcely noticed the existence of the proletariat... certainly he never suggested they had a part to play in overcoming alienation. Now, like a film director calling on the errand-boy to play Hamlet, Marx introduces the proletariat as the material force that will bring about the liberation of humanity. Why' (Singer 'very short intro to marx' 30)

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