Capitalist Quote by Ernest Mandel

“Workers do not strike every day, they cannot do that the way they function in the capitalist economy. The way they have to live by selling their labor power makes that impossible.”

Ernest Mandel

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Capitalist Economy Every day Function Impossible Labor Live by Selling Strikes Way Workers

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