Yeah, it could just as easily be used to distribute small pieces of the remaining work amongst the masses and give everyone very small jobs that pay a lot. It’s not the tool, it’s how you use it.
Public ownership + a proletarian ruling party ≠ the working class controls the state.
State ownership is not automatically worker control. Even if a ruling party genuinely represents the working class, that does not by itself establish that ordinary workers possess meaningful power over the state or over the party leadership.
the working classes control the state
X to doubt.
I don’t trust invisible light. If that light had nothing to hide, it would be on the visible spectrum.
Also, cannot overstate how selfish you are for not letting them have ANY of the poison under the sink. Would be entirely justified to scream and cry until you learn how to share.
That’s the reason for the qualifier “by and large.” Yes, it is possible, but not equally achievable for all people in poverty be it due to individual circumstance or lack of personal ability. I’m quite happy for your parents and I’m sure they must have worked hard to find success. But the system would not allow for the underclass as a whole to find a way out of poverty at the same time. The only way that can happen is to change the system.