> >>> 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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>From strategic ambiguity to precision socialism..sounds like a good
Billboard for downtown NYC.
Ian