The ownership class imported captured Africans to be forced to work on sugar plantations, often until they died of exhaustion or industrial injury, for no pay and minimal sustenance. And accused them of being lazy.
The working class is lazy is an old school canard like The 2020 presidential election was stolen or The reflecting pool was vandalized, it’s not meant to be plausible, rather we are supposed to pretend it is true.
Historically capitalists (and leige lords before them) have commonly put serfs, slaves and wage workers in intolerable conditions, and union action and government regulation were necessary to enforce liveable working conditions, fair wages and benefits like healthcare.
Marx predicted the dismantling of the labor state by the capitalist. If we’re going to rebuild liberal society again, we’ll have to seize the assets of the ownership class by force, or expect them to coup d’etat again and again.
The ownership class imported captured Africans to be forced to work on sugar plantations, often until they died of exhaustion or industrial injury, for no pay and minimal sustenance. And accused them of being lazy.
The working class is lazy is an old school canard like The 2020 presidential election was stolen or The reflecting pool was vandalized, it’s not meant to be plausible, rather we are supposed to pretend it is true.
Historically capitalists (and leige lords before them) have commonly put serfs, slaves and wage workers in intolerable conditions, and union action and government regulation were necessary to enforce liveable working conditions, fair wages and benefits like healthcare.
Marx predicted the dismantling of the labor state by the capitalist. If we’re going to rebuild liberal society again, we’ll have to seize the assets of the ownership class by force, or expect them to coup d’etat again and again.