RO: . . .
I didn't forget, Max. I just wanted to try to bring you out of your self
imposed analytical shell. Your advice is to harass capital. I was hoping
you'd want to do something about capitalism.
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If capital is governed, rather than governing, capitalism is abolished.
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So, does that mean you have no problem with the unequal labor market
exchange?. You know, where labor gets its social subsistence, and whatever
else it can wrench from capital, and capital gets to accumulate profits and
decide how they will be used, what jobs exist and who gets them, and a whole
host of other things.
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mbs: You fix that w/taxation and regulation.
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If you did want to consider doing something about capitalism, you wouldn't
pick a local restaurant as a focal point would you? You'd want to find some
entity that was exploiting labor on a worldwide scale to match the
transnational reach of capital. That was my point. It does matter which
windows you choose or we wouldn't be having this conversation.
RO
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Re your first q., yes I would.
"Exploiting labor on a worldwide scale" is an example of an abstraction -- valid though it is -- that has says very little to most people.
By contrast, attacking a place where the big shots and swells do deals at our expense, eat on the taxpayer's nickel, break the law with impunity . . . etc. etc.
You're worried about what we're saying. I'm concerned about who is listening.
mbs