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Re:Eric Weinstein on the crisis of late capitalism by notarealaccount on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @06:34PM (#17459786)
In the days of old, they would scrub the decks of ships while under sail for no reason than to keep the crew busy to prevent boredom which was considered a cause of mutiny. Perhaps, not having a system where people are working all the time is dangerous for no other reason.

I'm a workaholic as it is the only way to maintain my sanity.

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Re:Eric Weinstein on the crisis of late capitalism by prolikewh0a on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @06:40PM (#17459814)
You can't have a revolution if everyone is living paycheck to paycheck and missing even one day could jeopardize their housing.

[0] https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/24/most-americans-live-paycheck...

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Re:Eric Weinstein on the crisis of late capitalism by jack9 on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @06:43PM (#17459824)
You definitely can have armed revolution. Some form of "imbalanced economic conditions" is the most common STATED reason for violent revolution, which the starving poor inevitably participate in.
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