Comment on ‘We deserve more’: US workers’ share of the pie dwindles

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darthelmet@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The core problem isn’t tax policy. That’s a symptom of the problem. The problem is power. Capitalists have it as an inherent property of their class. Workers can have power, but only collectively. Individual workers can’t exercise much power. Therefore, in the absence of a check to their power, capitalists use it to enhance it further.

Make people poor and dependent on employment and consumption so that they’re desperate enough to accept poor pay and working conditions.

Atomize workers so they can’t realize their collective power.

Use ownership over media and communications platforms to put out favorable propaganda and discredit those opposed to capitalist interests.

Use ~bribes~ campaign contributions to subvert democracy and shape the government to their will, such as tax policy , labor law, business and financial regulations, and imperialist foreign policy.

No lasting gains can be made for the working class while capitalists hold this power. Any policy can be watered down, repealed, or resisted by capitalists given time. There is no structural way for a system built by and for capitalist interests to reign in the power of that class.

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