Mike said:
The buyer of labor [1] does not, in fact give doodly-squat about the
vendor's quality of life except insofar as it affects the quality of
the purchased labor.
If we make the distinction, then we're talking, on
the one hand:
+ about restructuring the marketplace, a task requiring magic,
totalitarian control, revolution, global disaster or at the least,
highly improbable, near-supernatural and coordinated perseverance
by a dedicated cadre of bright, well-intentioned fanatics,
REH comment:
Do you really believe that? Quality of Life often effects the quality of
the labor. For example not so long ago I had a relative complaining about
how his minimum wage labor was unwilling to climb up a pile of pipes to
survey the stack. He claimed they were lazy. I asked if the man had
medical insurance from the company. He said no. I asked if the man was
married. He said yes he had three children. I said: If I was married
with three children, had no medical plan and was working for minimum wage I
wouldn't climb the fucking stack either. The relative was shocked at my
expletive but somehow didn't get the point. Reminded me of talking to a
computer technician for Micro-Soft in India who tells me his script and I
lose half of my information. I could also point out that expert jobs like
musicians often spend many unpaid hours a day preparing what they do.
Like you at the forge, they have to make the product whether they sell it or
not just to keep up the skill. Unlike you they can stop for a couple of
days and the product will disappear and take several days to recover. My
point is that the math is often far too little information to use in
imagining a real society that is good for everyone. Too often they make
some moral judgment about the lack of worth of the people that the society
is not reaching. Don't you agree?
Enjoy your rest.
REH
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