tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post2927875384544668300..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: The three estates: workers, consumers, entrepreneursSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-6359088692588201282016-04-25T07:33:27.849-04:002016-04-25T07:33:27.849-04:00The problem with that "view" is that lab...The problem with that "view" is that labor is controlled by the corporate sector and having to negotiate with every single person who seeks employment - especially at low to mid levels - would be far too time consuming and inefficient. In other words, it will never happen. The bigger the organization, the more generalized the lower level work force is as they are seen as nothing more than drones or "cogs in the machine", either way, parts which are disposable and easily replaced. The libertarian dream will never come true because a) libertarians think too small. b) those in power will not give up that power.<br /><br />I think more likely, you will see more and more of the lowest levels of humanity shoveled into the continual war machine to be ground into history's dust.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-85607294106001129932016-04-19T19:23:11.353-04:002016-04-19T19:23:11.353-04:003:58 - The liberal-libertarian ideal isn't a s...3:58 - The liberal-libertarian ideal isn't a society in which everyone is self-employed but a society in which even the ordinary employee is an entrepreneur in some sense, negotiating for position by marketing himself on the basis of individual talent, willingness to work etc. but not planning to work one job for life like his grandpa might have. That's the post-industrial dream, at least, once the robots take over all the grunt labor.<br /><br />4:01 -- Only if you think Goldberg is right about this, and whether "the emotional underpinnings of socialism boil down to nationalism" is definitely open to question.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-8798851525700529922016-04-19T16:01:59.063-04:002016-04-19T16:01:59.063-04:00"One irony to this all of is that despite all...<i>"One irony to this all of is that despite all the textbooks that claim nationalism and socialism are opposites, the reality is that when translated into policy, they’re closer to the same thing. The rhetoric may be different, but the economic program of nationalism is socialism, and the emotional underpinnings of socialism boil down to nationalism."</i><br /><br />May as well go with fascism in that case. Not the typical ignoramus idea, but the basis from which Mussolini worked - minus the authoritarianism. That is, that the corporate interest and labor interest should both be bent to the interest of the state. As long as the understanding is that the people <b>are</b> the state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-970560835579110962016-04-19T15:58:47.375-04:002016-04-19T15:58:47.375-04:00The problem with Clintonians, et. al. is that they...The problem with Clintonians, et. al. is that they never take their philosophy to it's logical end. To wit: If everyone is an entrepreneur, then no one will have any employees, as that would mean everyone works for themselves. Which means your business will NEVER get any bigger than that. More contracts? Too bad, you only have one person working for your business, so you are now limited to how much business you can accomplish in a work day. Want more money? You'll have to work longer hours and more days/week.<br /><br />Anyone who depends on a paycheck signed by someone else had BETTER get with the program and realize/admit they are WORKING CLASS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com