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On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 7:01 PM, shag carpet bomb wrote:
> Doug posted a cute picture of Ivan in a tshirt that read, "Goldman Sachs
> doesn't care if you raise chickens."
>
> The tshirt is a sneer at people who think that, by changing their
> individual behavior, they can take down capitalism.
>
> What, then, does Goldman Sachs care about? Is there anything from the
> critic's POV that we can do that would make Goldman Sachs shake in their
> boots?
>
> I honestly can't think of a thing. Putting senators and congressman into
> office doesn't seem likely to make a dent. That's assuming that the reason
> why government is fucked is that you just need to right kind of people in
> there who would resist temptation, not concern themselves with reelection
> constantly, and then not set about holding industries/interests hostage
> until they cough up the cash.
>
> Worldwide unionism where everyone just refuses to work - general strike?
> What do we do when they concede and agree to give us... wait.. what are we
> asking for? higher wages. worker control of industries? democratic
> control/worker ownership? state run industry?
>
> ??
>
> anyone got an executive summary of how they'd go about advancing revolution
> if it were up to them?
>
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