4 ms·

I don't care to post this, but meta begets meta... Your (and tptacek's) meta comments seem unhelpful and clearly favor HN's status quo. I've successfully dema

I don't care to post this, but meta begets meta... Your (and tptacek's) meta comments seem unhelpful and clearly favor HN's status quo. I've successfully demanded a shorter workweek from capitalist bosses, and helped coworkers fight theirs. And that comment you both meta-criticize is pretty sensible, in my view. If you're going to hack a system, it's worth getting familiar with the subversive lit. (Though their last paragraph may indicate a lack of familiarity with that subversive lit. Because politicians will naturally fight/coopt revolutionary changes to the system they administrate. Post-capitalism is a revolutionary change, and a capitalist state would attempt to respond violently. But whatever.)

tptacek 12y ago
The story about how you helped workers organize shorter work weeks would be interesting. The framing of advocacy for post-capitalist society isn't, because of the nature of the site. The only people who will pay attention to the latter conversation either (a) are doing so because they are intractably opposed to your idea and enjoy pushing back on it or (b) are already on your side. That doesn't mean there's no group (c) of receptive, persuadable people, just that the venue you've chosen doesn't reach them effectively.
chillingeffect 12y ago
> I've successfully demanded a shorter workweek from capitalist bosses, Can you please explicate a bit? I have tried and failed. I tried to move to four days @ 8 hours/day from a a five days @ 8 h/d.