It also lays the basis for the socialization of production, not merely in organization but in ownership as well. The bourgeois economists want to leave out of their analysis virtually everything that points to the collapse of capitalism. Bourgeois politicians like Bill Clinton talk constantly about stimulating the economy, as do his counterparts in Germany, Japan, Britain, France and so on. But the solution does not lie in greater production. Greater production under capitalism means keener and more deadly competition.
Competition is unavoidable under capitalist society.
Even where monopolies become most powerful, virtually omnipotent, there is competition within them. Even the most monopolized industries, such as communications, are rushing to install more and more labor-saving devices, which in turn inevitably leads to a reduction in labor time. This increases the pool of unemployed workers. Even if the government is pushed to subsidize the jobless, or if the workers force the employers to pay them full time during layoffs, it reduces the amount of profit. This in turn forces more savage competition among the capitalists.