The quote has been applied to describe the situation in rich countries. On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 4:33 AM, Michael Meeropol <[email protected]> wrote: > Is that quote from Joan Robinson out of context? > > From a previous post: > > "Right, like quoting Joan Robinson about not being exploited being worse > than being exploited under capitalism." > > I have been in her presence when she said something like that -- Though my > memory is a bit hazy and she did have an ironic smile on her face, she > stated: > > "The only thing worse than being exploited is NOT being exploited." > > What she was referring to was the terrible situation that the extremely poor > rural populations of third world countries experienced -- when they moved to > the cities from subsistence agriculture and could not find work, they were > MUCH WORSE OFF than those that moved to the cities and DID find work -- (and > arguably than those who stayed in their rural areas and eked out a meager > subsistence) > > General point -- No matter how badly exploited you are as a worker under > capitalism, it is better than having no income at all. > > So I fail to see how that is out of context. > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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