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vrp

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32. Well

Reply to zipplewrath (Reply #24)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 10:41 PM

Mar 2013

Respectfully, you need to revisit this. The industrial revolution was called a "revolution" for a reason. There is no evidence that people flocked to the factories because they thought it was better. Couldn't be further from the truth. Marx's analysis on capital was pretty close to "right on the money", to use a play on words. People didn't leave the farm for the factory, at least not 300 years ago. They left their craft. A lone craftsman cannot compete with the accumulated capital of an industrialist who employees hundreds on an assembly line. A craftsman cannot compete with cheap labor.

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If your business model is built on virtual slave labor - your biz deserves to fail [View all] ZRT2209 Mar 2013 OP

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Well vrp Mar 2013 #32

Gotta agree with VRP BrainDrain Mar 2013 #41

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Classic vrp Mar 2013 #14

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