goodwin's model
is pure peanut brittle
its tech change is disembodied
and its accumulation rate rigidly parametered
the prey is capitalist accumulation
like knight's crusonia plant
the predators ???

the wagery hogs
a parable of interdependence ...very soc dem eh ??

if you believe the direct producer is best modeled
as a predator
u've strayed far from the classics

the extractor of value
is the predator
not the producer

and the humble point wage funds
limit accumulation hardly takes
necessary institutional form
as capitalism eh ??
the model of the reserve army can drop right out of efficiency wage models
varying system wide job rations
not to maintain social accumulation
but maximize surplus revenue
has detailed consequences not captured in godwins stick figure fable of orbiting class shares

so
not only is the cart placed firmly in front of the horse
the cart pulls the horse
and besides the cart and horse both
lack essential moving parts
for the record the godwin model
is an aesthetic delight

confession for the record:

in grad school back in the bogus end of the 70's
i tried to marxicate godwin's parable
by the simpletonian device
of turning it upside down

having the profiteers generate labor saving tech
to cut job hour demand and thus wage share
only to find profits falling slowing tech change
and blah blah blah
but i soon realized
i was operating with about 39 cards missing
out of the full deck
i needed to play
modeler of "der kampf"