[lbo-talk] Beyond Growth or Beyond Capitalism?

[Carrol Cox]

" Who's the author lately who's made the argument that corporations 
purposefully pursued policies to keep us working 40+ hr weeks? Reason 
being: they were afraid of what would happen if we had more free time on 
our hands."

I hope someone can answer this.

I think it undoubtedly true that more free time is dangerous for capitalism.
More than this raises the question of whether the ruling elites believe
their own ideology? Richard Ohlmmann in apost last month on the Radical
Caucus List observed that he always believed and taught that the capitalists
_did_ believe their own ideology but that he was beginning to wonder. I
forget his exact words, but roughly he suggested that capitalists now take
the attitude that the future can take care of itself; a version of After Me
the Deluge.

Carrol