[Peace-discuss] "Emerging adulthood"

[Barbara kessel]

The point MArx was making, I believe, is that the more surplus labor there
is, the more it *drives wages down* because of the competition for jobs, so
capitalists find "surplus labor" to be quite  a good thing. Barbara Kessel

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:29 PM, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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.
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com>
> *To:* Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> *Sent:* Tue, September 7, 2010 2:10:11 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Peace-discuss] "Emerging adulthood"
>
> > ...what we have here is a youthful, healthy, highly-skilled, and
> > economically desperate pool of surplus labor. This is to the benefit of
> > corporations, educational institutions, NGOs, the low-paid service
> sector,
> > the military, and the prison-industrial complex. Of course, in spite of
> the
> > global spirit of desperate competition, winners and losers remain
> > predictable in aggregate on the basis of their economic backgrounds,
> albeit
> > with notable exceptions that reinforce the rule. All of this constitutes
> the
> > so-called “meritocracy” in the neoliberal era.
>
> Interesting paragraph, David. And well written.
>
> The idea of surplus labor is worth looking closer.
> Because I think there is plenty of work to be done.
> * Rebuild New Orleans
> * put out fires in Colorado
> * put up some windmills
> * harvesting fields in Illinois [my cousin is in need of some farm help]
>
> Isn't there a way to rearrange workers to take up the work that needs
> to be done.
> Oh, wait, the CCC and WPA ...
>
> -karen medina
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