The derivative related to production, when it is in the unknown state, could be estimated as a range, not one number, therefore it is not arithmetic Marx might have been doing at all, but possibly circuit analysis of the flow of independent capitals, possibly not that independent after all, thus the contradiction, due to how one behaviour of one capital effects the behaviour of another capital.

As Angels edits Marx calculation on that one page 344 of 602 other pages, which does not include the table of authorities of course, we forget once again the “what if question?”

What if Marx was right? What if it wasn’t an error? What if the contradiction and what appears to be erroneous sums, is the actual behaviour of captitals in motion.

Sort of like the error many made in calculating light huh? Light bends, it is not a straight line at all. Thus capital possibly is bending too? Imagine the speed then of decay and growth?

The question is possibly more important than the answer being right, I would guess.

So in my opinion conflict often derives from the paradox of unanswered questions.

Ok, I’m confused. Don’t we LIKE the rulers (government) because government is “of the people”? And don’t we like capitalists, because they provide the slavery slots (jobs) and the carrot-on-a-string-lure that fends-off the “cost of living” that we made for ourselves with timecarding, invoicing, and price taggings? Isn’t the $22,500/yr “boss” of the little gas station down the street from me… a “capitalist ruler”? He seems like a nice guy to me, and he seems under lots of monetary duress. But he does RULE the pyramid of inequal employees of the gas station… who all make less than he… so he’s running an imperialism/empire. (a little pyramid/hierarchy) Is he evil or good? Is he governing “of the people” or “over the people”? Is he doing “whatever the market will bear” capitalism policies? I wonder where the line between capitalist and government… is at?