dangerous barbarity

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Feb 11 16:56:26 PST 2000


[more mungefailure - my answer would be that we don't have a counterfactual really, a true worker-controlled workplace not subject to fierce market competition]

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Doug Henwood wrote:


>
> The major point, though, is that there seems to be no historical
> uptrend. Which isn't to say the capitalist workplace isn't dangerous
> and barbaric, just in case someone wants to accuse me of being an
> apologist.

Dangerous and barbaric compared to what? What are the equivalent figures for non-capitalist workplaces?

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