http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/05/capitalism-communism-and-cat-food/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:50:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/05/capitalism-communism-and-cat-food/#comment-550 Lyle Thu, 24 May 2007 08:37:15 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/05/capitalism-communism-and-cat-food/#comment-550 The solution is not simply "more government regulation." I think that will come, but only by having people collectively undermine capitalism will this force the government into a position where they have to stop companies from doing this, or they will have the "problem" of revolution on their hands. How do we do this? Many different ways; direct action by strikes, slowdowns; you know the game. The problem is, by lobbying for the government's regulation of business, you're not going to get very far because first of all, the government will always act in its own interest, and since we live in a capitalist society, they will always revert to their main function: protecting private property and thus, the flow of capital to their bureaucracy. So it's not so much up to them as it is us, I guess. The solution is not simply “more government regulation.” I think that will come, but only by having people collectively undermine capitalism will this force the government into a position where they have to stop companies from doing this, or they will have the “problem” of revolution on their hands. How do we do this? Many different ways; direct action by strikes, slowdowns; you know the game. The problem is, by lobbying for the government’s regulation of business, you’re not going to get very far because first of all, the government will always act in its own interest, and since we live in a capitalist society, they will always revert to their main function: protecting private property and thus, the flow of capital to their bureaucracy. So it’s not so much up to them as it is us, I guess.

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