- Capitalism and Alternatives -

WE own the means already

In Reply to: The point is: who OWNS the means posted by andy on December 09, 1997 at 18:21:17:

It takes minds to invent machines and it takes hands to use them. These are the true means of production. Under Capitalism, hands and minds are owned by the workers.

In America, when workers withold their labor, production stops. Witness the UPS strike. While the system is not perfect, workers have a lot of negociating power.

In America, most of the factories and land are owned by a small number (20%) of the people. But the rest of the country still does very well because they always own their own labor...and can demand a fair price for it.

- nat

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• I own fuck all Gerard Multi-tendency Socialists N.Ireland December 12 1997 (4)
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