Anti Wage-Slavery Pro-Freedom Quotations Of The Week 1729-1731

Bataille conceives of a general economy of global energy flows which inevitably generates a surplus of energy which must be expended. Under capitalism, excess (human energy not necessary to survival) is diverted into accumulation and endlessly-climbing profits for the ruling class…  Play is the refusal of regimentation, supervision and clocks. In this sense, play is a precondition for resistance, which demands time and energy for spontaneity, contemplation, communication, and unity. Play must be recovered.
Laura Martz
from
Free Time! Ludicity and the Anti-work Ethic

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In an “accidental” basic income pilot in North Carolina, where a longitudinal study of child development coincided with the decision of a Cherokee community to distribute casino profits to all tribal members, children in recipient families had fewer behavioural disorders, performed better in school, and were less likely to drift into crime.

Universal basic income is becoming an urgent necessity
Guy Standing
The Guardian
Thu 12 Jan 2017

 Today, the number of newsprint employees is down by over 55% since December 1998. The number of print magazine employees is down by 40%.
Bambi vs. Godzilla
Gary North
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