Process
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very basic structure of capitalism, which is that it’s rooted in class oppression and exploitation. The working class are people who don’t have their own means of livelihood. We’re forced to seek jobs from employers and we have to submit to these autocratic, managerialist regimes. We don’t have any say over the work. So we’re denied self-management of even how our own abilities are put to use. The relationship with management is an inherently coercive one. If you challenge anything, they can threaten to fire you or demote you. So that’s the core relationship of class oppression that capitalism is based on.
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A small number of people own the capital and give the orders and a much larger number of people have to take the orders and are faced with the choice of whether to work or starve.
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capitalism manufactures demand for consumption and produces a great deal of waste and ecological destruction without giving people what they need.
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Racism and racial divisions reduce the overall social bargaining power of the working class and this leads to lower wages and worse benefits.
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people should have control over the decisions that affect them. This implies that workers should be able to cooperatively, collectively self-manage the labor process, their own work, and the workplace. Self-management is a general principle for the reconstruction of social institutions. People can make their own decisions and cooperate with others; it’s a human ability
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equal access to resources for developing your potential, developing your skills, and maintaining your abilities. That implies free healthcare and education and so forth.