Moo
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The problem (from a pro-capitalist perspective) is that politicians are humans who live in capitalist society. This means they can be lobbied/bribed (in one form or another) by different enterprises.
What would be best (again, from a capitalist perspective) is if MP’s were robots designed to only serve the interests of capital.
– ALB
It was May 2015; Corbyn was leader of the Labour Party by November.
(. . .)
I read in a history magazine that during the Russian civil war (after the revolution) the Bolsheviks tried to abolish money (which inevitably ended in disaster). Also, the USSR (under Stalin) tried to abolish religion. This shows that these so-called Marxists (Lenin, Stalin, Pol Pot) did not understand Marxism, because (as already mentioned) Marxism is about abolishing the *need* for money & religion.
What would really benefit the bourgeoisie is if there were 6 days in a week (instead of 7). That way, most proletarians would work 4 days a week and still only have 2 days off.
I know it’s highly unlikely that the countries of the world will agree to that, however, don’t rule it out completely. After all, countries have decided to change time zones twice a year to benefit their respective economies.
Taken from the above link:
“Full-time workers’ rights to ask for a four-day working week could be strengthened under government plans to increase flexible working.
“Employees would still have to work their full hours to receive their full pay but could request to compress their contracted hours into a shorter working week.
(. . .)
“[Education Minister Baroness Jacqui Smith] said the four-day week being discussed would allow someone to work 10 hours a day for four days instead of working eight hours a day for five days.”
If that’s the case, then workers would need that extra day off to recuperate.
Village Green Preservation Society – Kate Rusby
This is an excellent cover of the Kinks’ song. If only all singers sung with a Yorkshire accent!
The reason why women are unequal to men in class divided societies is because women get pregnant, but men don’t.
Capital views men as profit makers, whereas, it views women secondarily as profit makers and primarily as producers of the next generation of profit makers.
“How many times have government asked workers to put up with pain on the promise that things will get better? That before we can reach the sunny uplands we have to pass through the Valley of Austerity? Or that if we tighten our belts today we’ll get Jam Tomorrow?”
That’s like Leninist regimes telling their workers they have to first pass through the valley of state-capitalism before reaching the sunny uplands of communism (a society of free access).
It’s not because they’re American they’re against the article; it’s because capitalism is very good at public relations (which it has to be in order to survive).
Although, it’s strange that in many countries free health care is regarded as a national treasure, but in America, people protest against it and wave signs that read: ‘Free Health Care is Communism*’!
*i.e. Stalinism
– ZJW
It seems unlikely spectator sports will still exist in a co-operative commonwealth. IMO, sports will just go back to being what people do for fun; the same way kids play games such as football and cricket just for fun.
Here’s a very interesting Socialist Standard article about sport, I came across recently:
