"Blood and Soil"
Most political ideologies seem to champion the common man- the Nazi's sought to return to the alleged purity of the Teutonic yeoman farmer on his acre, the Communists glorified the working man in the field and factory against the bosses...Jefferson and Jackson seemed to uphold the higher value of the farmer, craftsman, and laborer over the indolent and corrupt banker-merchant class....The basic antagonism has always been between capital and labor..., the economic factor overides any racial or any other consideration.
The bosses falsely imagine that they are necessary, in order to coordinate labor- but recent history in Argentina has shown this to be false- during the depression that struck a few years back ( deliberately caused by the IMF) , factory owners abandoned their idle businesses. The workers then occupied these buildings and organized and began to produce- at a level of efficiency that was far higher than what the original owners could achieve....Over 200 businesses were thus seized and are now operated by the former workers...(but authorities have recently cracked down, attempting to evict the proles).
The notion that the man in the street, individuals who work with their hands, somehow possess a wisdom or dignity, a special insight into reality that others lack, was expounded by many philosophers during the 19th century. .... 'Ordinary folks' may have some measure of common sense, ...But this idea is now considered to be quaint.
During the Spanish Civil War,The Republican-Anarchist government around Barcelona organized worker collectives that ran industry for about 2 years, and over 5 million people were involved....the experiment worked well until Franco's forces shut it down...
During the Russian Civil War, Nestor Mahkno, who saved the revolution twice, formed workers councils that came close to achieving a form of pure communism... For once the peasants lived free from the brutal tyranny of the rentlords and bankers. But Lenin and Trotsky hunted Mahkno like an animal, due to his 'revisionism.'
American Indians were horrorfied at the acquisitive-greed of the white colonists- Indians were taught from a very young age to share everything.
Jefferson incurred huge debts throughout his life, he died broke, relying upon friends for his daily bread.
The bosses falsely imagine that they are necessary, in order to coordinate labor- but recent history in Argentina has shown this to be false- during the depression that struck a few years back ( deliberately caused by the IMF) , factory owners abandoned their idle businesses. The workers then occupied these buildings and organized and began to produce- at a level of efficiency that was far higher than what the original owners could achieve....Over 200 businesses were thus seized and are now operated by the former workers...(but authorities have recently cracked down, attempting to evict the proles).
The notion that the man in the street, individuals who work with their hands, somehow possess a wisdom or dignity, a special insight into reality that others lack, was expounded by many philosophers during the 19th century. .... 'Ordinary folks' may have some measure of common sense, ...But this idea is now considered to be quaint.
During the Spanish Civil War,The Republican-Anarchist government around Barcelona organized worker collectives that ran industry for about 2 years, and over 5 million people were involved....the experiment worked well until Franco's forces shut it down...
During the Russian Civil War, Nestor Mahkno, who saved the revolution twice, formed workers councils that came close to achieving a form of pure communism... For once the peasants lived free from the brutal tyranny of the rentlords and bankers. But Lenin and Trotsky hunted Mahkno like an animal, due to his 'revisionism.'
American Indians were horrorfied at the acquisitive-greed of the white colonists- Indians were taught from a very young age to share everything.
Jefferson incurred huge debts throughout his life, he died broke, relying upon friends for his daily bread.
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