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Red Dad Redemption
Sep 29, 2007

didn’t see this one linked

https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com

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Red Dad Redemption
Sep 29, 2007

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

I do like Richard Wolff and making it easier for workers to own their own enterprises is a positive and realistic goal for the American left, but co-ops still have to operate according to capitalist rules and logic.

is the issue here merely the presence of the market? imagine an economy comprising only individual proprietors who own their productive assets (looms, lathes, etc.), and are subject to a 100% estate tax; there is by definition no exploitation, because there is no expropriation of surplus value from any participant, but instead each consumes a level of use values determined by that participant, and correspondingly each may elect to produce more goods for exchange or fewer ones. would that still be a flawed model? just trying to flesh out the objection here.

Red Dad Redemption
Sep 29, 2007

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

I think in that case what you're describing is Distributism, and exploitation isn't eliminated because you can still exploit peoples' ignorance through pricing on your goods to extract profit.

The objection to viewing co-ops as a panacea is that because they're in a market they also have to compete with all other firms in order to extract profit and perpetuate their business. The Mondragon Corporation in Basque, for instance, is one of the most successful cooperatives in the world. Yet they guarantee profitability by using temporary contract labor which doesn't have a stake in the corporation. It's impossible to escape the necessity of exploitation under capitalism, and overcoming the problem will take a revolutionary change in economy. Co-operatives are a proof of concept that worker ownership and workplace democracy are viable alternatives to traditional top-down corporate models in capitalist firms, but if they still have to compete with capitalist firms then the issue of exploitation hasn't been resolved.

ok, so setting aside the pricing point (there's some interesting discussion in capital vol 1 on this) the key issue looks to be the broader (capitalist) environment in which the proprietor (or co-op) would be operating under present legal and economic conditions, which certainly seems like a fair concern. appreciate the response, and if there are further questions i'll take them to one of the other threads.

Red Dad Redemption
Sep 29, 2007

Serf posted:

the expanded universe was largely garbage

kotor 2 was the best star wars

personally i wish for the reboot they’d ditched the existing storyline (and actors) and done something new set in a much earlier (or later) era a la kotor; there would still be the compelling setting, but the narrative possibilities would have been a lot more open ended

Red Dad Redemption
Sep 29, 2007

Dreddout posted:

The average hentai doujin has more narrative integrity than the DC universe, sorry not sorry

:drat:

Red Dad Redemption
Sep 29, 2007

with the original, the refusal of the call was an effective evocation of the monomyth; in tfa it’s just a mediocre reskin

Red Dad Redemption
Sep 29, 2007

Probably the OP isn't being edited at this point but here's another plug for Revolutionary Left Radio
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/revolutionary-left-radio/id1218054701?mt=2

Red Dad Redemption
Sep 29, 2007

TetsuoTW posted:

rev left radio owns hard, although sometimes poo poo's a little long to fit in


it does well on 1.5x if that's an option in your player

and yeah, lots of great episodes

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Red Dad Redemption
Sep 29, 2007

Jizz Festival posted:

Oh jesus, how has nobody mentioned Zero Squared? Each episode has Douglas Lain of Zero Books (publisher of Kill All Normies and a bunch of other great books) interviewing a guest. The focus is on philosophy rather than current events, and Doug's not afraid to go deep into the weeds of philosophical disagreements if his guests are also willing. Zero Books also puts out youtube videos that might give you an idea of what they're all about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc2Epj_Jy_I

Have been enjoying the podcast, many thanks for the rec!

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