Really depends in the specific conditions of the nation. In a vacuum it would be great if the spoils of production were shared among the population through a base UBI, however can an underdeveloped nation afford to do that instead of reinvesting in advancing the productive forces? How would an underdeveloped nation catch up with the advanced imperialist nations if they implement a 4 day work week? Again, in a vacuum it sounds great but an underdeveloped nation has to act with a sense of urgency, it has to rush development to catch up to the advanced imperialist nations and you cant do that by stagnating productivity with a reduced working week. In this context, i do not support neither policy in the global south, we are simply not in a position to implement them.
Paradoxically, i do support both policies in the imperial core because they almost certainly weaken the imperial core and allows the rest of the world to catch up. And as they say here, caballo que alcanza, gana. ( Horse that catches up wins, roughly means that catching up means you won because the momentum is on your side.)
This is a great point. Prole projects will always have to work from their conditions, which can very easily mean setting aside the short-term ideal in favor of long-term strengthening, as AES states often teach us. Thanks for bringing it up.
its kind of a brutal dialectic and the optics work against us but AES workers have to be worked to the bone to be able to catch up and survive, which is why many people take China for an “hyper capitalist” nation.
Really depends in the specific conditions of the nation. In a vacuum it would be great if the spoils of production were shared among the population through a base UBI, however can an underdeveloped nation afford to do that instead of reinvesting in advancing the productive forces? How would an underdeveloped nation catch up with the advanced imperialist nations if they implement a 4 day work week? Again, in a vacuum it sounds great but an underdeveloped nation has to act with a sense of urgency, it has to rush development to catch up to the advanced imperialist nations and you cant do that by stagnating productivity with a reduced working week. In this context, i do not support neither policy in the global south, we are simply not in a position to implement them.
Paradoxically, i do support both policies in the imperial core because they almost certainly weaken the imperial core and allows the rest of the world to catch up. And as they say here, caballo que alcanza, gana. ( Horse that catches up wins, roughly means that catching up means you won because the momentum is on your side.)
This is a great point. Prole projects will always have to work from their conditions, which can very easily mean setting aside the short-term ideal in favor of long-term strengthening, as AES states often teach us. Thanks for bringing it up.
its kind of a brutal dialectic and the optics work against us but AES workers have to be worked to the bone to be able to catch up and survive, which is why many people take China for an “hyper capitalist” nation.