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embedded within capitalist social relations

[...] Not only were these factories a minor part of the overall economy, but they also remained necessarily embedded within capitalist social relations. [...] Tied to the imperative to create a profit, worker-controlled businesses can be just as oppressive and environmentally damaging as any large-…

—p.38 Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work Why Aren’t We Winning? A Critique of Today’s Left (25) by Alex Williams, Nick Srnicek
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the problem with direct action

[...] the problem is that direct actions generally act on surface effects, patching the wounds of capitalism but leaving the underlying problems and structures intact. [...] While direct action can have real successes, it remains localised and temporary, and in this it remains folk-political. Dire…

—p.36 Why Aren’t We Winning? A Critique of Today’s Left (25) by Alex Williams, Nick Srnicek
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the problem with direct democracy

[...] the problem of democracy today is not that people want a say over every single aspect of their lives. The real issue of democratic deficit is that the most significant decisions of society are out of the hands of the average person. Direct democracy responds to this problem, but attempts to…

—p.32 Why Aren’t We Winning? A Critique of Today’s Left (25) by Alex Williams, Nick Srnicek
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neoliberalism's most important achievement archive/dissertation archive/so478

[...] One particularly important approach was a political-economic strategy to link the crisis of capitalism to union power. The subsequent defeat of organised labour throughout the core capitalist nations has perhaps been neoliberalism’s most important achievement, significantly changing the balan…

—p.20 Our Political Common Sense: Introducing Folk Politics (5) by Alex Williams, Nick Srnicek