In this documentary, Dr. Michael Parenti defines fascism, describes its characteristics, and explains the role fascism plays in serving the rational interest...
Does a sweatshop worker in Southeast Asia who has just been laid off from their job and cannot find another one because their economy has been hyperfocused on producing textiles due to globalisation and IMF loans and there is an ongoing recession and they don’t have the money to move away from their country nor could they anyway because of racist border policies have the freedom to negotiate their labor for money or goods or whatever else they want in exchange? Sounds to me like the capitalist has come away from that negotiating table and said “No, actually. You can starve to death.”
This isn’t a hypothetical question. You owe an answer to 700,000 workers in Pakistan, a country in which 40% of the country is employed in the textile industry.
Yes. You have the freedom to negotiate your labor for money or goods or whatever else you want in exchange
Does a sweatshop worker in Southeast Asia who has just been laid off from their job and cannot find another one because their economy has been hyperfocused on producing textiles due to globalisation and IMF loans and there is an ongoing recession and they don’t have the money to move away from their country nor could they anyway because of racist border policies have the freedom to negotiate their labor for money or goods or whatever else they want in exchange? Sounds to me like the capitalist has come away from that negotiating table and said “No, actually. You can starve to death.”
This isn’t a hypothetical question. You owe an answer to 700,000 workers in Pakistan, a country in which 40% of the country is employed in the textile industry.
You also have the freedom to not hand over the money when the robber has a gun to your head
In that case, the only reason they wouldn’t be able to find work is because of the anti-capitalist policies.
Nonsense. Capitalism has always required policies that suppress the ability of labour to find work. It literally doesn’t function otherwise.
If the cost of my labor (irrespective of buyer) doesn’t offset the cost of living, do I still have freedom?
Wait till he figures out what feudalism is
The only way that happens is with anti-capitalist policies.
Capitalism can never fail, it can only be failed!
Capitalism is when I have cow. I am extremely intelligent.
Coercion don’t real. If you get sick with a treatable but expensive illness, you have the freedom to fucking die if you choose!