In a post to his blog last year, TomW quotes Gorz, "With few exceptions ecologists and ecological movements are silent on the subject of means,” which I understand to be where are we going and how do we get there. I think "means" include the strategies, tactics, and demands that are based on the prevailing power relationships. In this context, a four-hour work day might be an important transitional goal in the US to slow down the resource throughput in both the national and world economies.
The demand for a shorter workday, of course, has a long history in socialism, Marx and Engels saw reductions in the workday to be strategic to the working class in its struggle. Today, reduction in the workday might be much greener than any green new deal that doesn't include a reduction in the workday. It's a complex question, but reducing resource throughput in the overdeveloped countries seems like a better place to start. Better that is, than increasing resource throughput to replace the electric grid and the stock of existing cars and appliance that use it. Mark -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30646): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30646 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/106436332/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
