
Coercion and consent: How do our rulers stay in power?
Saturday 10:00 AM
Even though they’re a tiny minority of the population, the rich control nearly every part of people’s lives. They use this control to exploit workers for profits, and keep the class divided. Does this mean workers are bought off, complicit, or totally defeated? Socialists say no! The rich use the threat of poverty and imprisonment, the cops and the legal system, and ideological tools like the media to stay in power.
Join this session to learn about the tools the rich use to exploit and oppress, and the tools workers have to fight back and win a new world.
Recommended Readings
- What is the Australian state? by David Peterson in Red Flag