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The Abolition of Work--Bob Black
by Reknamorken at 1:17 pm EST, Nov 20, 2002

] Unions and management agree that we ought to sell the
] time of our lives in exchange for survival, although they
] haggle over the price. Marxists think we should be bossed
] by bureaucrats. Libertarians think we should be bossed by
] businessmen. Feminists don't care which form bossing
] takes so long as the bosses are women. Clearly these
] ideology-mongers have serious differences over how to
] divvy up the spoils of power. Just as clearly, none of
] them have any objection to power as such and all of them
] want to keep us working.


 
RE: The Abolition of Work--Bob Black
by l0r3zz at 4:27 pm EST, Nov 22, 2002

Reknamorken wrote:
] ] Unions and management agree that we ought to sell the
] ] time of our lives in exchange for survival, although they
] ] haggle over the price. Marxists think we should be bossed
] ] by bureaucrats. Libertarians think we should be bossed by
] ] businessmen. Feminists don't care which form bossing
] ] takes so long as the bosses are women. Clearly these
] ] ideology-mongers have serious differences over how to
] ] divvy up the spoils of power. Just as clearly, none of
] ] them have any objection to power as such and all of them
] ] want to keep us working.

You might want to check out a few books which deal with where
we go to after this current version of Capitalism has run its course. [note that I'm not making a statement that Capitalism is inherently bad but it should be obvious to many that it is in need of a few more release cycles :) ]

Beyond Civilization - Daniel Quinn
The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism - David C. Korten

check them out on Amazoon


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