Sections 1.2, "Law & Property"
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Private ownership, originally a means to give everybody the possibility of productive work, now has turned into the means to prevent the workers from the free use of the instruments of production. Originally a means to ascertain to the workers the fruits of their labor, it now turned into a means to deprive the workers of the fruits of their labor for the benefit of a class of useless parasites.
— Antonie Pannekoek
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Source: Wikiquote: "Antonie Pannekoek" (Quotes, Workers Councils (1947))
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About Antonie Pannekoek
Antonie Pannekoek (2 January 1873 – 28 April 1960) was a Dutch astronomer, Marxist theorist, and social revolutionary.
About Antonie Pannekoek
Antonie Pannekoek (2 January 1873 – 28 April 1960) was a Dutch astronomer, Marxist theorist, and social revolutionary.
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