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Hating holders of capital isn't effective, either rhetorically or as a policy motivator, at least in the west, at least for now. I mean this in the descriptive
by ke88y 3y ago
Hating holders of capital isn't effective, either rhetorically or as a policy motivator, at least in the west, at least for now. I mean this in the descriptive sense, not as a moral or personal opinion.
Stronger anti-trust, stronger worker's rights, more equitable ownership of firms/real property/capital, etc. -- none of this requires hate, and most of it is actually entirely consistent with the bedrock principles of late 20th century Capital-isms.
- mrguyorama 3y agoFunny, because the way the US got most of it's worker rights and protections was pretty violent strikes in the early 1900s. It used to be reasonable for your union to have arms, and be shot at by the pinkertons. Employers, I don't care why, choose to do whatever it takes to keep me paid poorly and without power, and not hating that is just pathetic.
- ke88y 3y agoI'm describing the USA today, not the USA at the time of the Homestead strike.