[lbo-talk] Cuba's painful transition from sugar economy

[Dennis Perrin]

> You keep bringing that up, but you know there are solutions....like 
> getting more people to stoop for a shorter amount of time.
> You know, taking turns to do hard/dangerous work. I wouldn't mind picking 
> up trash, cleaning toilets, stooping for strawberries,....so long as the 
> burden was shared and necessary.
>
> I mean, obviously you need to work in order to eat. And no, I don't 
> believe, anyone is "above" that for any reason other than illness or 
> decrepitude.
>
> Joanna

I seem to recall, some years back, how the concept of actually performing 
manual labor was seen as an affront to certain listmembers. In their 
socialist society, they get to be the Smart Bosses, pointing toward 
Tomorrow, but not for too long, as that is tiring on the arm.

DP