“It is the capitalist class that pays you, that feeds you, that puts the very cl
CJKent (Banned)
“The more a person needs to be right, the less certain he is...”
You are sincere. You preach what you believe. There lies your strength and your value—to the capitalist class.
But should you change your belief to something that menaces the established order, your preaching would be unacceptable to your employers, and you would be discharged. ...
Your hands are soft with the work others have performed for you. Your stomachs are round with the plenitude of eating. ...
And your minds are filled with doctrines that are buttresses of the established order.
You are as much mercenaries (sincere mercenaries, I grant) as were the men of the Swiss Guard.
* Jack London, Ernest Everhard addressing a group of teachers, in The Iron Heel (1908), Chapter 1
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So it occurs in the work place. But remember, a for profit corporation has the right to try and advance its own self serving doctrines. Where it is more problematic is in the political sphere, and in the operation of things like public schools, libraries, and hospitals, and then in the giving away of tax breaks.
Wendy Brown. In the account of Neoliberalism. 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqQ_dIjr…
CJKent, check your trusts.
SJG
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In Poland, this is what their Lot Lizards look like
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Italy, Lot Lizards
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A New Era for Workers: A Chicago Factory Goes Cooperative
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"Occupying, Resisting, Producing" Argentine Workers Take Over Abandoned Factories
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Afraid of losing their jobs, workers take over the business
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A functioning democracy will move quite rapidly to Socialism.
SJG
SJG
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