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I agree with most of this post - the part about the value of good, solid work. I disagree with this, which the blogger just presents as a given and does not jus
by javert 16y ago
I agree with most of this post - the part about the value of good, solid work. I disagree with this, which the blogger just presents as a given and does not justify:
Capitalism piles up consumer goods but deprives more and more of us of the satisfaction of genuine work.
In fact, I believe capitalism allows more people to have good, solid, enjoyable work than any other system.
- forkandwait 16y agoI think you are right for about 30% of the population -- those who manage the society, even if they don't own it. We (I am a member of the 30%, luckily) get to build organizations, create processes, develop stuff; even if we are doing it for a paycheck and our employers own our patents, it is still fun. However, for the 70% that work as cogs in the machine, capitalism sucks -- but then so did feudalism or state industrialism like the USSR. The 70% who are cogs in the US generally don't know they have any options, though they do (let me give a hint -- start at community college....). If they all figured it out at once, there would be chaos as all the forklift drivers, fry cooks, and widget assemblers would say (basically) "fuck that" and walk away.