I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism

rickyb

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Democracy At Work‏ @democracyatwrk 59m59 minutes ago




#wisdom from @profwolff

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rickyb

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Lifestyle in the city is real bad. Why do you want to live there?
i live in this city bc i was born here and not good enough to leave this country yet, and i have an average middle class job here, and theres some stuff to do although its no justification for the housing prices.
 

rickyb

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americans practiced a different socialist kind of economics in the 1930s. 1.3 million americans did it.

What History Books Left Out About Depression Era Co-ops

It all worked on a time-credit system. Each hour worked earned a hundred points; there was no hierarchy of skills, and all work paid the same. Members could use credits to buy food and other items at the commissary—medical and dental services, haircuts, and more. A council of some 45 coordinators met regularly to solve problems and discuss opportunities.

One coordinator might report that a saw needed a new motor. Another knew of a motor, but the owner wanted a piano in return. A third member knew of a piano that was available. And on and on. It was an amalgam of enterprise and cooperation—the flexibility and hustle of the market, but without the encoded greed of the corporation or the stifling bureaucracy of the state. The economics texts don’t really have a name for it. The members called it a “reciprocal economy.”
 

rickyb

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chomsky aka yoda talks about the future of capitalism. he says govt developed the computer for 30 years before apple ever sold one for a profit. govt gets no ROI, and chomsky says capitalism is a bit of a myth because its always existed with government.

 

rickyb

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french flirted with ending capitalism and having worker run jobs:

May 1968 events in France - Wikipedia

"These strikes were not led by the union movement; on the contrary, the CGT tried to contain this spontaneous outbreak of militancy by channeling it into a struggle for higher wages and other economic demands. Workers put forward a broader, more political and more radical agenda, demanding the ousting of the government and President de Gaulle and attempting, in some cases, to run their factories."
 
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