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Re: Neo-conservatism and workers

by Georges Drouet

12 July 2000 14:11 UTC


>Following Gert Kohler post, I would say I agree his analysis on the new
>stratus of world system classes.
>
>As the gap in between first world (FW), developing countries (DC) and
>third world (TW) is increasing at an exponencial speed, ruling classes
>decided, probably during the Cold War, to avoid any kind of revolution's
>germs in their own first world population.
>
>As the international labour distribution is concentrating management jobs
>in the FW countries, FW's working classes are  engaged in terciary
>activities sector. Secondary sector, commodities transformation and
>"maquila" (ensambling) have been sent to DC countries because of the low
>social rules and primary sector are delegated to TW which population could
>die working without any political reaction...
>
>So the world system distribution of work have created a huge difference
>between FW, DC and TW working class. I mean, a Belgian low class worker
>usually owns a car, live in a house with all the domestic appliances he
>might need (television, refrigerator, vacuum, sound system, etc) meantime
>a Mexican worker difficultly owns a small house, a refrigerator and a tv,
>and an Angolan worker would be happy with a room and a bike.
>
>FW workers are now a consumers class. They are a basic element of the
>capitalist system. They receive enough money, just enough, to be kept
>quite (food, football and tv-games), when the TW people is exploited.
>
>All this system is based on competition, and workers are used as pieces of
>the big engine.
>
>As SP members we propose another system in which long-term development is
>the key idea, we are very interested in receiving your comments on our
>proposal.
>
>We look forward to your comments after visiting our site:
>http://www.simpol.org
>
>Thank you.
>

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