[lbo-talk] Photographs of Workers

[Carrol Cox]

More dividing humans into two categories, one of which is superior to
another. Nothing is more destructive of the ability to see reality. To
paraphrase a bit of 19th-c doggerel,

Let me sit on a throne by the side of the road,
And sneer at the chumps walking by.

	Signed, Wojtek S.

Carrol

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No doubt.  But the ratio of the number of people who actually made
things to the number of speculators and paper pushers used to be much
higher, no?

Just to give you an idea - I went to a shopping mall the other day
first time since a long time (I avoid them like the plague), and what
struck me was the number of stores selling mobile phones.  There were
maybe 10 such stores, and Sprint alone had two or three.  To my mind,
this is a pure example of unproductive labor - since you can buy
mobile services online.  Not to mention a broader question - how many
mobile devices do people really need?

-- 
Wojtek

"An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."
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