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<P>"In the social production which men carry on they enter into definite relations that are indispensable and <STRONG>independent of their will</STRONG>..."</P>
<P><BR><BR>>From: Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@osu.edu><BR>>Reply-To: lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org<BR>>To: lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org<BR>>Subject: [lbo-talk] Perelman's New Book / Hart-Landsberg & Burkett's Updateon China / Goff on the Democratic Party<BR>>Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:24:45 -0400<BR>><BR>>Fans of Michael Perelman (of whom there must be many here) can get a <BR>> taste of one of his (three!) forthcoming books (Manufacturing <BR>>Discontent: The Trap of Individualism in Corporate Society) at <BR>>mrzine.org.<BR>><BR>>Voluntary Slavery<BR>>by Michael Perelman<BR>><BR>>Although the widely celebrated consumer sovereignty allows people to <BR>> choose whether to consume Coke or Pepsi, nobody could even dream <BR>>of suggesting that workers can act as sovereign individuals
within <BR>>their place of employment. Ideologists mouth comforting platitudes <BR>>that depict people as sovereign individuals in their role as <BR>>consumers, but obviously ultimate control of the workplace firmly <BR>>resides with the employer.</P></DIV></div></html>