• duderium [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    It’s okay for the government to arrest me if I refuse to wear a seatbelt while driving, but it’s bad if I lose my job because I refuse to get vaccinated during a pandemic.

    I like Wolff but have been pretty suspicious of his idea that worker co-ops can peacefully revolutionize the world. Sounds like lib mischief to me!

    • Express [any,none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Hasn’t Wolff said before they were more famous the reason you organize unions and co-ops to provide breathing room for workers while letting them figure out themselves the system is impossible to change

      • TraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        Dunno if he said it, but it makes sense, not only from a strategic perspective, but also from a "let's reduce human suffering" perspective.

        If Unions and co-ops when done right can improve material conditions of particularly vulnerable working class individuals, provide opportunities for horizontal/democratic management structures to be created and mature, and undermine neoliberal ideology :zizek: it makes sense they should be institutions we as leftists should push forward.

    • cilantrofellow [any]
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      3 years ago

      Socialism is when you, worker-shareholder, undermine your neighbor who happens to be a worker-shareholder competitor. In the name of economic freedom.