Re: Nationalism as the Enemy of Human Liberation

        Of course "work" needs to be unthought.  Of course in a better
society people will not be "workers."  They will be learners, creators,
lovers, builders, dreamers, strollers and runners and occupants of
rocking chairs.

        Meanwhile, the task of liberation falls, in a capitalist society,
to all those who work for a living as opposed to all those who exploit
workers for a living.  Work cannot be unthought until we have unthought
and replaced the system that has converted most of us into workers.


On Sat, 15 Mar 2003 Threehegemons@aol.com wrote:

> I don't feel like debating nationalism too much more, but I would like to nix 
>the idea that liberation lies in the hands of 'working people'.  People are 
>people, and, given what passes for 'work', it should be kept to a minimum, not 
>glorified by supposed liberators. I think in a better world people will spend 
>their time living, loving, daydreaming, doing something creative...  virtually 
>all of which tend to be negated by 'work'.
>
>  In fact, much more than nationalism, the idea of 'work' as being somehow 
>connected to liberation is fairly specific to the capitalist world system 
>(rooted in Adam Smith himself!), is one of its most malign products, and 
>urgently needs to be 'unthought.'
>
> Steven Sherman
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