“You work for a capitalist, you work for a wage. The capitalist wants that wage to be zero.
\nIf capitalists could set your wage at zero, they would …
\nThe Americans had to fight a civil war over it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Wait what?<\/p>\n
But it’s so.<\/p>\n
Some cotton capitalist in 1830 … he didn’t need to necessarily be racist at all. (Even if he likely was.)<\/p>\n
His life and philosophy, racism aside, was simply following the imperatives of capitalist logic. <\/p>\n
He was setting wages at zero, maybe less, because it was allowed under the laws of the day.<\/p>\n
“We got rid of the chattel slaves. We didn’t get rid of wage slavery.”<\/p>\n
C’est vrai. <\/p>\n
The rest is worth watching too. He draws an amusing parallel with things like unpaid internships. And offshoring. <\/p>\n
Anyway. On the other tack, the industry of Public Relations was born when some bright lackeys suggested to John D. Rockefeller that he take up the practice of distributing shiny dimes to poor children.<\/p>\n
Bill Gates distributes malaria vaccines instead. It’s still just PR. He continues to lock up educational institutions with his company’s products in another savvy distribution scheme. Apple does the same where they can. Google has Chromeboooks, free emails; Facebook passes out locked-down laptops, and it’s all different flavors of public relations, or propaganda by its proper name, and vehicles for enslavement. <\/p>\n
To hell with Bill Gates. To hell with capitalism and especially the obscenity of billionaires. To hell with corporate Dems right up to and including Elizabeth Warren, proud capitalist. Revolution now. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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