By class traitor I don’t mean a fed or infiltrator. You don’t have to go out of your way to denounce leftist ideas or stop the left. You just have to have class interests directly in conflict with workers and the poor. You can let your factory unionize, and take less money. But would you choose to be that factory owner if it meant your current situation improved significantly?
I don’t know what I would choose because I have no hopes of owning capital. I would love to quit my job and be free to just own stuff and make money off it. But then I would have to reckon that with my beliefs. I guess you could just accept you can’t be a leftist and volunteer for the wall should the day come.
yes, in a heartbeat. for one thing, I can just snap my fingers and say “this is a worker coop now!” and get to work with everyone else. Assuming I for some reason can’t, I’m still in the best position possible to help the workers in the factory. And since you’re just placing my in the role, I don’t have to work my way up, there’s no time for me to get corrupted. I’ll fire the rest of management because this is my fifedom now. I could also start giving away whatever we produce until I run out of money to pay people, or just give away my money directly. Assuming I couldn’t do any of those things, there is no solid reason I shouldn’t take it because the workers will be abused whether I run it or someone else does, I might as well improve my quality of life. Purity is a calvanist idea and has no place in leftism.
This. You might not be able to stop the exploitation all the way down the supply chain, but you can at least collectivize what you have power over.
