#TheCrimeCats say don't forget your heroes only profit from your slavery. wonder why any of those artists were ever using a non-union print shop in the first place? because they want to make money. and the only way to make money under capitalism is to have it already or to get it off someone else being exploited.
"Economic Democracy: arguments from the US" for #WorkersRights to self-management and against the employment contract
The #philosophy of economic #democracy shows that workers have an inalienable right to workplace democracy/worker coops. The #employment contract violates that right even if it is fully voluntary. An inalienable right is one that can't be given up even with consent
Capitalism requires scarcity to function. Where scarcity doesn’t exist, capitalists will create it.
We will never live in a post-scarcity world under capitalism because capitalists will use whatever means necessary to prevent it.
They will buy up housing so they can charge rent, they will lock features you used to get as part of product ownership behind subscriptions, they will lobby to prevent newcomers from offering sustainable alternatives.
Cursed with clairvoyance, only Andra knows that the end is near for her employer and his traveling show. Can she save her costars? Can she even save herself?
Only if she can learn in time that not everything is what it seems.
Workers unite! Form unions to gain collective strength against bosses. Recognize that harm to one worker reflects the systemic exploitation affecting all workers. We have a world to win!
In capitalism, workers create value through their labor, but capitalists exploit this by paying workers less than the value they produce, resulting in an unjust distribution of wealth where workers are systematically undercompensated for their contributions while capitalists accumulate disproportionate profits. Abolish Capitalism!
Property and Contract in #Economics: The Case for Economic Democracy by David Ellerman
This book makes 2 arguments.
The employment contract is the core of the #capitalism rather than private property
The employment contract is invalid because it violates #WorkersRights to #democracy in the firm. All firms should be structured as worker #coops for economic justice
Anti-capitalists need to move beyond vague #anticapitalism by criticizing specific institutions such as the employer-employee relationship and private ownership of land. Anti-capitalists should also mention clear specific alternatives such as worker coops, land value tax and land collectivization
I have an idea ... It's out there ... They {the telephone companies} should start again charging for calls and SMS ... $2.00 a minute and 30¢ a SMS ... Giggles