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From: alle@ihuxb.UUCP (Allen England)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Property (or Class Struggle? What Class Struggle?)
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Date: Fri, 2-Mar-84 09:46:38 EST
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  > My point on the factory owner is quite simple.  There are conflicting
  > interests in any workplace.  There are the interests of the workers in
  > a safe working environment and good wages.  And there
  > is the interest of the employer in profits.  There is a zero-sum game
  > to be played out here, and the employers understand that quite well.
  > They attack unions, since unions tend to strengthen the workers bargaining
  > position.  They attack health and safety legislation, since this forces
  > them to make  investments which do not directly increase profits.  And,
  > whenever possible, they replace labor with machinery, which doesn't form
  > unions or complain about unsafe workplaces.

Come on Mike.  If you really believe in "zero-sum game", then I contend
you have little understanding of economics.  It doesn't work that way
and I challenge you to back up that contention.

Allen England at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, IL
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