Neoliberalism Isn't An Economic Program - It's

We Are Usually Told That Democracy Originated In Ancient Athens - Like Science, Or Philosophy, It Was A Greek Invention. It's Never Entirely Clear What This Is Supposed To Mean. Are We Supposed To Believe That Before The Athenians, It Never Really Occurred To Anyone, Anywhere, To Gather All The Members Of Their Community In Order To Make Joint Decisions In A Way That Gave Everyone Equal Say?

What About Precarious Labor? It's Actually Not The Most Efficient Form Of Labor At All. They Were Much More Efficient When They Had Loyalty To Their Workers And People Were Allowed To Be Creative And Contribute - You Know That What Precarious Labor Does Is That It's The Best Weapon Ever Made To Depoliticize Labor. They're Always Putting The Political In Front Of The Economic.

Even In The Most Market-obsessed Society, We're Still Spending Half Of Our Time On Something Other Than Just Getting Cash.

I Would Like, Then, To End By Putting In A Good Word For The Non-industrious Poor. At Least They Aren’t Hurting Anyone. Insofar As The Time They Are Taking Time Off From Work Is Being Spent With Friends And Family, Enjoying And Caring For Those They Love, They’re Probably Improving The World More Than We Acknowledge.

All Societies Are Based On A Sort Of Minimum Level Of Communism. Otherwise, You Couldn't Have Any Social Relations At All.