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"As a left-winger you have probably already thought about what you would do differently if you could exercise command and would work with people, right? At least that’s the case with me. And I always knew exactly: I want to talk to people honestly, face to face. And I want to talk to them on an equal footing. No instructions from above, no arrogance. We want to do everything together. Because I’m a socialist. I am also a gardener and self-sufficient and live far out in the country in a small house with ten tenants. Until recently, a terrible and villainous caretaker ruled here, working with methods of psychological terror, violence and harassment, which made people tremble in a climate of fear.... "She retired, the post became vacant. It is important to know that many extremely poor and uneducated people live here in the village due to the extremely low rental prices for apartments. Outcasts of society, alcoholics, people who have never worked. And me. 😉 I am not particularly talented in terms of craftsmanship and have never really had to deal with a group of other people, especially with such a difficult group. Nevertheless, I asked the house owner to give me the job of the caretaker, which he did immediately. The mood was not good at first – living in the same house as the supervisor, what a shit! "But that changed very quickly. "I talked to people as I intended. If there is a problem, I go to these people. I greet them and ask them how they are doing. I tell them that I like them very much, but that something is making me sad at the moment.”If you drop your plastic waste wherever you stand, innocent animals have to die from it just because you do. So that these animals don’t die, I have to bend down and clear away all the trash. It is not my trash at all, because I have not dropped it. ”I explain to them what solidarity is and that solidarity makes life easier for everyone. I suggest that we clear the trash together first. Then, step by step, they get used to throwing their rubbish into a garbage can. Above all, I make them understand that they don’t have to be afraid of me. I won’t scold if something doesn’t work out. They don’t do this for me, but for all of us." Read entire article: https://oaklandsocialist.com/2020/03/16/a-socialist-building-manager-talks/ -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
