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Bernardo de La Paz

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38. Of course it isn't. It is stupidly simplistic. The point is buried in bogosity.

Reply to Bluesaph (Reply #37)

Thu Mar 30, 2023, 05:52 AM

Mar 2023

It narrowly applies to only a few variants of capitalism that are so extreme as to be almost non-existent: Robber baron totally unregulated capitalism.

If one allows, as one should, shades and degrees of applicability, then yes, the phrase "wage slave" has meaning. But only to some degree. Few workers in Scandinavia would consider themselves slaves and yet those societies have thriving capitalism. Norway for example has one of the largest masses of capital in the world.

A permanent underclass is NOT in any way a necessary condition for capitalism to function well.

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Something I have always said about low wage workers [View all] Bluesaph Mar 2023 OP

KnR Hekate Mar 2023 #1

Yup, and then you have the "movement" to dumb down education. grumpyduck Mar 2023 #2

That explains homegirl Mar 2023 #11

K & R Celerity Mar 2023 #3

time for a national strike GenXer47 Mar 2023 #4

+1 Meadowoak Mar 2023 #5

if only markie Mar 2023 #6

Kick 'em When They're Up, Kick 'em When They're Down, Kick 'em When They're Up, Kick 'em All Around! MayReasonRule Mar 2023 #12

It's too simplistic. For a start, which "capitalism"? . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2023 #7

Exactly grantcart Mar 2023 #10

+1 betsuni Mar 2023 #16

No need to know. How clever of the scoundrels to Hortensis Mar 2023 #22

Capitalism OWNS governance. dchill Mar 2023 #24

Oh, please, dchill. 230 MILLION people have the vote. Hortensis Mar 2023 #28

You seem like a true believer. dchill Mar 2023 #29

That seems a rather insulting comment; it may not be quite as she puts but yours is also... electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #35

Worse than simplistic. Just A Box Of Rain Mar 2023 #23

Which capitalism indeed, overly simplistic to be sure. Abolishinist Mar 2023 #25

Sorry. It's not a dissertation. Bluesaph Mar 2023 #37

Of course it isn't. It is stupidly simplistic. The point is buried in bogosity. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2023 #38

The big picture of what the GOP has in store. With their RW media empire ffr Mar 2023 #8

Rethuglicans didn't care about abortion until they realized it was mostly white women getting them. OMGWTF Mar 2023 #9

Not according to this and other studies. Abolishinist Mar 2023 #26

Yup. MontanaMama Mar 2023 #13

Capitalism is going to collapse. Duppers Mar 2023 #14

once the middle class vanishes and any hope to achieve such Javaman Mar 2023 #18

You need enforcers Trenzalore Mar 2023 #34

The MAGA version portrays Democrats as socialists determined to enslave Hortensis Mar 2023 #15

Very well stated. Abolishinist Mar 2023 #30

yup, that's why it's in capitalisms best interests to keep the people divided. Javaman Mar 2023 #17

Capitalism, and it inevitable offspring Oligarchy and fascism, is the fast track to Magoo48 Mar 2023 #19

Unregulated capitalism leads to monopolies (and oligopolies). From my first Econ 101 course. SharonAnn Mar 2023 #27

I hope that automation SpamWyzer Mar 2023 #20

There's no "like slavery" about it. patphil Mar 2023 #21

It's cheaper than slavery Bluesaph Mar 2023 #33

And much of the time this stuff comes up - I post about this: FDR's Economic Bill of Rights electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #31

Same reason Universal Healthcare is non-existent. Keep people locked into their low paying, dead-end TeamProg Mar 2023 #32

I'm curious, how does capitalism force "them" Abolishinist Mar 2023 #36

Common sense Johnny2X2X Mar 2023 #39