Re: The Teixeira thesis

[Bill Lear <rael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday, March 5, 2004 at 16:58:57 (-0500) Doug Henwood writes:
>...
>I'm not saying that worker = working class. A worker is someone who
>works; a member of the working class is someone with little or no
>property who must earn a paycheck to stay alive.

Quite right, and I think a valuable distinction.  Part of our
mythology is that the Eisners are workers "just like you and I": a
myth founded on a truth --- Eisner is both a worker and someone with
substantial wealth (property).  Dual roles can be confusing...



Bill