[Marxism] The absence of real forces [was: The low point]

[Sayan Bhattacharyya]

On 8/2/07, Jscotlive at aol.com <Jscotlive at aol.com> wrote:

> Joaquin wrote:

> "Careful examination of statistics --especially per capita  household
> incomes-- to try to figure out what the life experience of  typical
> individual working people has been will show that from where most  workers
> sit, their standard of living has gradually improved. And overall  statistics
> about housing --square footage, amenities like central heating and  air,
> etc.-- number of televisions, radio sets, phone lines, cars, etc. etc.  etc.
> per household all confirm this general picture.
>
>JScotlive replies:

> Reply:
>
> From this it appears you're living in a parallel universe. Perhaps a  stratum
> of the working class are doing okay,

Remember what Joaquin says above "careful examination of statistics".
The STATISTICS show that real median household income has, in fact,
increased. If the median has increased, then it is impossible that the
increase is due to "just a stratum", which could have been the case if
it were a matter of just the mean, and not the median.