It is the accumulation that precedes the formation of capitalism, or the initial accumulation of capital, called “previous accumulation” by Adam Smith. It is the process of forcible expropriation of small producers by the rising bourgeoisie and the bourgeoisified aristocracy that accelerated the formation of the capitalist mode of production…
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