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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Barbara kessel <barkes@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> David Green <davegreen84@yahoo.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Karen Medina <kmedina67@gmail.com>; Peace Discuss <peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tue, September 7, 2010 4:39:57 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Peace-discuss] "Emerging adulthood"<BR></FONT><BR>
<META content=off http-equiv=x-dns-prefetch-control>The point MArx was making, I believe, is that the more surplus labor there is, the more it <B>drives wages down</B> because of the competition for jobs, so capitalists find "surplus labor" to be quite a good thing. Barbara Kessel <BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:29 PM, David Green <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:davegreen84@yahoo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:davegreen84@yahoo.com">davegreen84@yahoo.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT><FONT face=Verdana>The problem with that is if you provide them with work, they're no longer a surplus labor force, which eventually threatens corporate profits, military recruitment, etc.</FONT><BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Karen Medina <<A href="mailto:kmedina67@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:kmedina67@gmail.com">kmedina67@gmail.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Peace Discuss <<A href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</A>><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tue, September 7, 2010 2:10:11 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Peace-discuss] "Emerging adulthood"<BR></FONT>
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<DIV class=h5><BR>> ...what we have here is a youthful, healthy, highly-skilled, and<BR>> economically desperate pool of surplus labor. This is to the benefit of<BR>> corporations, educational institutions, NGOs, the low-paid service sector,<BR>> the military, and the prison-industrial complex. Of course, in spite of the<BR>> global spirit of desperate competition, winners and losers remain<BR>> predictable in aggregate on the basis of their economic backgrounds, albeit<BR>> with notable exceptions that reinforce the rule. All of this constitutes the<BR>> so-called “meritocracy” in the neoliberal era.<BR><BR>Interesting paragraph, David. And well written.<BR><BR>The idea of surplus labor is worth looking closer.<BR>Because I think there is plenty of work to be done.<BR>* Rebuild New Orleans<BR>* put out fires in Colorado<BR>* put up some windmills<BR>* harvesting fields in Illinois [my cousin is in need of some farm
help]<BR><BR>Isn't there a way to rearrange workers to take up the work that needs<BR>to be done.<BR>Oh, wait, the CCC and WPA ...<BR><BR>-karen medina<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Peace-discuss mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</A><BR><A href="http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss</A><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Peace-discuss mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</A><BR><A href="http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss" rel=nofollow
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