Friday Chomskyism

[marmar]

"What is called 'capitalism' is basically a system of corporate mercantilism, with huge and largely unaccountable private tyrannies exercising vast control over the economy, political systems, and social and cultural life..."

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"Why should workers agree to be slaves in a basically authoritarian structure? They should have control over it themselves. Why shouldn't communities have a dominant voice in running the institutions that affect their lives?"

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"The real world of American society is one which it is very misleading to call simply a democracy. Of course, it is in a sense a democracy, but it is one in which there are enormous inequities in the distribution of power and force. For example, the entire commercial and industrial system is in principle excluded from the democratic process, including everything that goes on within it."

-- Noam Chomsky


http://www.betterworld.net/quotes/economy-quotes.htm

[nashville_brook]

1. i sat in a meeting yesterday where Florida's status as a "great place to do business" was

discussed. it was said that that if you discount THIRD WORLD countries, then Tampa Bay ranks second behind Atlanta as a 'great place to do business.'" which means that wages and cost of living (i.e. property values) are so low, and by extension, workers have so little power, that if you want to make quick money -- this is the place to do it. Orlando ranked 4th or 5th on the list that was cited.

well, that explains a lot about the shittiness of our school system and roads and infrastructure. "if you discount THIRD WORLD counties" we're at the top of the list. as if that's a good thing.