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Workers don’t have capital, by definition. How would they start anything significant, in general? The current authoritarianism of the capitalist class is what
by dontlaugh 3y ago
Workers don’t have capital, by definition. How would they start anything significant, in general?
The current authoritarianism of the capitalist class is what keeps workers from having capital, by not paying workers the full value their labour produces. They enforce this with laws, courts police and armies.
Workers did in fact also start things themselves and got attacked for it. From monopoly practices to starve co-ops to coups, sanctions and wars against countries that collectivise.
- monero-xmr 3y agoThe whole article and HN comment thread is about how people are doing this! Themselves! As the proletariat! So don't force me at gunpoint to do the same
- dontlaugh 3y agoIn a few isolated cases. Very good, but not enough on its own. Stop forcing me at gunpoint to give up a large portion of the value I create. And stop supporting your country forcing others at gunpoint to be like it.
- monero-xmr 3y agoYou can always go to Venezuela, enjoy
- dontlaugh 3y agoWhy should I not want my own country to be sovereign? And why should I not want NATO to stop attacking Venezuela?