Dialectical Idealist
[W]e must recognize, and loudly proclaim, that everyone, whatever his grade in the old society, whether strong or weak, capable or incapable, has, before everything, the right to live, and that society is bound to share among all, without exception, the means of existence it has at its disposal.
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Dialectical Idealist@lemmygrad.mlto Memes@lemmy.ml•It would be nice if they opened their mind once in a while 😁7·1 month agoWhen you have hope in the voting system there’s less motivation to educate yourself about history and current events. “We know what the problems are: let’s just vote them away!” You need to be motivated to educate yourself because it’s much easier to accept dominant narratives than to admit how little you know on any given subject.
On the flip side, abandoning electoralism requires an independence of thought that lends itself toward questioning other narratives. Once you realize you’ve been fooled before, it’s obvious that you likely hold other beliefs that don’t align with reality. At this point, you have ample motivation. Personally, this is when I began reading leftist theory. It’s easier to question the system after you’ve been disillusioned.
You are technically correct, in the literal sense that managers and executives have work to do.
It should be noted, however, that it is the workers (not the company owners/investors) that create all the products that are up for sale and the infrastructure necessary to begin production (e.g., roads, bridges, electricity, education, etc.). Hence, when a CEO say that they “built” the company, they are obfuscating the exploitation of the labor of workers who transform raw materials into all the useful commodities we enjoy.