“It is not because he is a leader of industry that a man is a capitalist; on the contrary, he is a leader of industry because he is a capitalist. The leadership of industry is an attribute of capital, just as in feudal times the functions of general and judge were attributes of landed property.”
— #KarlMarx, quoted by #DavidEllerman
What does #Marx mean by this statement?
#Marxism #Marxist #communism #communist #socialism #socialist #anticapitalist #anticapitalism #capitalism #capitalist
A simple argument shows that #capitalism is theft and workers have an inalienable right to workplace democracy - 35 minute video
"#DavidEllerman: Neo-Abolitionism: Towards Abolishing the Institution of Renting Persons"
The talk argues that employment contract is invalid due to inalienable rights. Inalienable means can’t be given up even with consent. Workers’ inalienable rights are rooted in their joint de facto responsibility for all production in the firm
Which way #liberal?
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I 💖 when #DavidEllerman throws shade at #Marxism... 🤣
"Rather than showing how those governance rights are creatures of the employment contract (the master-servant relation), Marx did capitalist apologetics a huge favor by accepting their argument that those rights were part of the “private ownership of the means of production.” Accordingly, Marx then concluded that such private property had to be overthrown."
https://www.abolishhumanrentals.org/history/marxist-mischaracterization/
#Abolitionism typically means, abolish slavery.
Possibly also a reference to #neoabolitionism in the sense #DavidEllerman used it? (Correct me if wrong.)
http://www.thestraddler.com/201715/piece2.php
You'll like it. An interesting moral argument for worker-ownership. New to me, heard through a #Coop MOOC earlier this year.
Essentially claims Marx's #LTV Labour Theory of Value took a wrong turn and became morally equivalent to merely advocating better terms for slavery (== employment).
The voluntary slavery contract, the non-democratic constitution, and the coverture marriage contract are all outlawed in today's democratic countries. And then you have the employment contract, which is not outlawed, but which you can analyze using the same inalienable rights theory.
Good interview with him on the critique of #HumanRentals, among other topics: http://www.thestraddler.com/201715/piece2.php
The voluntary slavery contract, the non-democratic constitution, and the coverture marriage contract are all outlawed in today's democratic countries. And then you have the employment contract, which is not outlawed, but which you can analyze using the same inalienable rights theory.
@KevinCarson1 @ink_slinger @NOiDEa You might find this interview with #DavidEllerman interesting: http://www.thestraddler.com/201715/piece2.php
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