[lbo-talk] Capitalism is not a conspiracy...

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Sep 24 11:48:04 PDT 2011


On Sep 24, 2011, at 2:13 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:


> "Capitalism is not a conspiracy. It works because you work."
>
> As much as I like this, isn't it a bit of a tautology? Could it not be applied to any economic system?

That, and I don't get the message. If you don't like capitalism, stop working? Or, you're guilty of perpetuating capitalism. Or, you allow yourself to be exploited? Why not Patti Smith's "We created it, let's take it over."

Doug



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