Opinion
Exploitation
By Robert D. Sutton | May 30, 2000To the Editor: In her Friday column, "The Problems of Global Capitalism," Jessica Marshall asserted that "Human exploitation is not one of the central themes of socialism; it is however a basic principle of capitalism." Although this is a nice summary of the Communist Manifesto, it is the complete opposite of reality. Capitalism regards "workers" -- indeed, all individuals -- as ends in themselves, whose cooperation must be obtained voluntarily.