Oh God, oh shit, I said I wasn't going to do it. I said I wasn't going to start a China struggle session. Already getting flashbacks to the Discord.
But something just doesn't sit right with me and wanted to get some clarification here...
My question is this: why does China ban labor organizing/unions?
Is this yikes/intentional/actually a good thing?
(Yeah, I do know that labor unions are not always unequivocally good and sometimes they act more like middle management than as representatives of the workers... but democratizing the workplace seems like a no-brainer for any socialist project.)
Thoughts?
Come on, quote the rest of it, coward. Pages 95-99 for those of you who want to follow along.
It then goes on to discuss the role of public ownership, and how it is to deal with the conflicts that occur between public ownership and public regulation. (Eg you have a state factory that wants to pollute a river. How do you ensure the state regulator doesn’t just shrug and let it?)
Actually it was 134 and on, but call me a coward for reading a totally different part.