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It's the opposite of communism. Under communism, the workers own the means of production and all the other assets (at least, that's the theory; reality doesn't
by wolverine876 3y ago
It's the opposite of communism. Under communism, the workers own the means of production and all the other assets (at least, that's the theory; reality doesn't quite work out that way!). In a company town, a company owns it all; the workers own nothing.
Imagine the power the company has over individuals.
> done in the name of ... the free world.
Where are company towns described as being done 'in the name of' the free world?
- skywal_l 3y agoCapitalism is the exploitation of men by men. Communism is the exact opposite.
- TerrifiedMouse 3y agoQuite sure there was plenty of exploitation in communist countries.
- austhrow743 3y agoWould you say it could be described as exploitation of men by men?
- dredmorbius 3y agoGP is a variation of a JKG quote: <https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/05/john-kenneth-galbraith-revisited/304935/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/05/john-ke...>
- pimlottc 3y agoI think that’s supposed to be the joke.
- ta1243 3y agoIn the cold war environment the term "free world" was linked inextricably to capitalism. This had great benefits to US living standards in the first few decades (as the US could utilise global resources more than other countries, just taking them with trinkets rather than guns like in colonial time), but as other countries caught up US standards of living started to plateau, and power concentrated on smaller and smaller parts, this time cannibalising US citizens still maintaining it was the "free world"