Re: Europe's cheap US labor

[Mike Ballard <swillsqueal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jurriaan,

--- Jurriaan Bendien <bendien@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > No.  The point is to change that reality and that
> can
> > only be done by consciously organizing as a class
> > across the borders and fences put up by our
> national
> > ruling classes.
>
> Well, my argument would be
>
> 1) if you're serious about that,
> "anti-globalisation" doesn't make much
> sense at all

The way I view "anti-globalisation" is a part of the
overall *movement* resisting the rule of Capital.
Truly, if the people in this movement wanted to be
*most* effective, they would drop their overall
notions that capitalism can be made (with the right
reforms or right politicians) to work in the interests
of the toilers.  As it stands, most of them will
eventually peel off into various liberal blind alleys
or just give up and become cynical, burned out or what
have you.  Some will even become social conservatives,
if they aren't already.


> 2) people who reject borders and fences end up
> setting them up somewhere
> else anyhow

Not people who understand that borders are really just
another expression of private property and class rule.



> 3) the objective tendency towards ghettoisation
> around the world will affect
> all social classes

I agree.  As the social product of the workers gets
further from their ownership and control, so
alienation of all classes from each other and from
themselves as human beings will grow.

As I did not disagree or have any further observations
to make concerning the thrust of your arguments in the
rest of your post, I deleted them for brevity.

Cheers,
Mike B)




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