[lbo-talk] Comrades and Brothers in Egypt

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Wed Mar 14 08:52:44 PDT 2007


Be Generous and Grateful. Instead of wasting money on surplus goods give it away as "sadaqah" (charity) to the poor. Thank God for what you ahve and remember, making sure you do not cause harm when using his gifts is showing gratefulness to God."

[WS:] This is where our ways part, comrades. I think subsidies on consumption are not only a waste of resources, but also proliferation of structural inequalities. My preferred use of the extra resources is investment in fixed and human capital, or better yet, not letting excess resources accumulate in private hands but instead being administers by public institutions for public benefit.

Fuck charity and Robin-Hoodism. Invest.

Wojtek



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