> >>
> >> That appears to be a universal belief fostered under capitalism:
"no
> >> pain, no gain."
> >>
> >> Yoshie
> >======
> >"If a man will not work, he shall not eat." [Paul, Second
Thessalonians]
> >
> >"He who does not work, neither shall he eat." [Article 18 of the
> >Soviet Constitution]
> >
> >Ian
>
> With the level of productive forces already developed under
centuries
> of capitalism, it's about time to move onto socialism without
> workerism. What was necessary in the early twentieth century should
> not be as necessary today.
>
> Yoshie
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Exactly. The quotes come from Karl Widerquist's excellent essay
"Reciprocity and the Guaranteed Income" [Politics and Society, vol.
27 # 3, Sept. '99]. He really dismantles the whole history of the
above "ethic".
Ian