Who Does No Work, Shall Not Eat

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Chuck0 wrote:
>
>>Didn't we go over this several months ago? It's not just a matter of
>>advocating "small is better" but freedom for the individual. If the
>>individual still has to go to some alienating factory job, what's the
>>fucking difference if it is called socialism or capitalism? Of course,
>>there is no difference, which is why socialists have been called the
>>left wing of capital for good reasons.
>
>So no factories in Anarchotopia? We'll all be artisans tilling our
>own backyard plots? Guess I'll have to acquire a backyard if I want
>to play.
>
>Doug

Seems to me there's a false dichotomy here.  What if we were artisans *most* 
of the time -- with "artisan" being defined as some role that allows each 
person to engage in creative pursuits congenial to his/her talents.  
Wouldn't it then be worthwhile to spend part of our time in repetitive or 
otherwise disagreeable labor?  Would I mind picking up garbage or working in 
a factory if I had to do, say, only 3-4 weeks a year?  Probably not, 
especially if everyone else in society -- CEOs, surgeons, violinists -- 
faced the same obligation.

Carl

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