Hockey and Music/ was Eating and Working

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jan 22 11:46:18 PST 2002


Kevin Robert Dean wrote:


>So just kinda curious what will happen to the
>"entertainers" of the world in a "post-capitalist"
>society?
>
>Athletes for example get exploited for their labor by
>the owners, but will the players still be making
>millions of dollars?
>
>I know, dumb question. But my friend wants to become
>a famous musician and he's always asking what will
>happen to entertainment under socialism....

Oh, we won't need professional entertainers - that's so hierarchical & alienating. We can all entertain ourselves, sitting around the campfire, strumming our homemade instruments, noshing on the delicious wild berries we've just gathered, singing nonviolent folksongs. Paradise, eh?

Doug



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