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Capitalism's two main underpinnings are control and exploitation/expropriation. While there are many sites of control they are all generally supportive of the interests of capital, namely, the endless drive to accumulate wealth. They all help to ensure that we behave so that the system continue...

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Published in:Monthly review (New York. 1949) Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 1 - 11
Main Author: Yates, Michael D.
Format: Journal Article Magazine Article
Language:English
Published: New York Monthly Review Foundation, Inc 01.06.2022
Monthly Review Press
Subjects:
Business economics
Cameras
Capitalism
Economic aspects
Employers
Employment
Factories
Grocery stores
Humanity
Managerial economics
Morality
Prisoners
Robotics
Social aspects
Social control
Surveillance
Wages & salaries
Workers
United States
ISSN:0027-0520, 0027-0520
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Summary:Capitalism's two main underpinnings are control and exploitation/expropriation. While there are many sites of control they are all generally supportive of the interests of capital, namely, the endless drive to accumulate wealth. They all help to ensure that we behave so that the system continues to reproduce itself. Since workplaces are the sites where profits are extracted from our labor, it is here that control is most critical.
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ISSN:0027-0520
0027-0520
DOI:10.14452/MR-074-02-2022-06_1