[lbo-talk] help

[Miles Jackson]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Sep 26, 2007, at 3:30 PM, Miles Jackson wrote:
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>> How about democratically organized, worker owned businesses/coops?
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> Sure. But workers still have to face big capitalist employers.
>   
To use Dennis R's favorite metaphor, I think we need a hobbit approach 
here.  We can't attack Sauron in open combat.  However, the more 
socialist-inspired enclaves we build and expand--e.g., public 
infrastructure like libraries and schools, open source software, 
employer owned companies, coops--the less workers have to face big 
capitalist employers.  Granted, this kind of sneaky indirect attack on 
capitalism that will take generations to come to fruition, if it ever 
does. 

Miles