laws of capitalism

G*rd*n gcf at panix.com
Sun Jun 20 19:18:52 PDT 1999


Roger Odisio:
> ...
> But if the question is would capital prefer to lop off some of the "excluded"
> beings, the answer would still be yes. The US prison population,
> particularly those on death row, and the recent urban laws harassing street
> people being only the most stark examples of that desire. Some people
> probably are useless to capital, and their existence, in capital's eyes,
> serves only to exacerbate social problems.
> ...

No one need be useless: major industries can be constructed around Welfare/homeless/prison populations, as long as sufficient force and fraud can be brought to bear to keep them quiet. I suspect Death Row is maintained only as entertainment.

Gordon



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