Milton the Anarchist Re: "post-leftism"

[Chuck0]

"Brian O. Sheppard x349393" wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Chuck0 wrote:
> 
> > What anarcho-syndicalist dogmatists like Brian refuse to understand is
> > that a factory run by the workers is still a fucking factory. The
> > pollution it puts out under the anarcho-syndicalist central committee
> > isn't more sweet-smelling. The work involved is still factory work, which
> > is usually boring or dangerous or some combination thereof.
> 
> This is exactly why I have emphasized, along with nearly all of the rest
> of the
> libertarian left, community and worker control, Chuck0. If
> community members and the workers who work inside plants - or whatever
> work arrangements they feel are best for their needs - have control over
> their goings-on - which is what anarchists of all stripes have
> historically advocated - why would they tolerate "boring or dangerous"
> conditions - or noxious pollution that kills them? Because they are
> masochists?

Community and worker control over their lives has been advocated by *all*
anarchists, Brian, not just those of you who fetishize one form of
anarchist ideology. What you fail to understand is the implications of
this simple goal: as soon as everybody has real control over their lives,
they aren't going to be very interested in doing the shitwork necessary to
keep a high tech society going. If you can provide all of your material
needs on only a few hours of work each week, then why in the hell would
you volunteer your time in some factory, office or mine? If you have basic
health care, plenty of food, a roof over your head, some interesting
cultural opportunities, why are you going to volunteer your extra time at
some chemical plant?

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