Beyond the Work Ethic (was Re: Christian love)

Charles Brown CharlesB at CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us
Fri Jul 6 12:35:18 PDT 2001



>>> furuhashi.1 at osu.edu 07/06/01 01:33PM >>>
> > 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
>=======
>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

To move forward to the socialist world beyond the work ethic, leftists need to let go of their increasing fondness for Luddism, primitivism, "small is beautiful," etc.

((((((((((

CB: How about "not too small, not too big , but just right" or precision socialism ?



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