AOC FTW

[reACTIONary]

96. Unfortunately, disorganized labor...

... is relatively unproductive, compared to organized effort. And as social animals, we have always organized and coordinated our efforts... that is the only way social animals can survive, let alone prosper.

Productive social organization implies some form of leadership. The provision of leadership is a very valuable, in fact essential, capability. And like all other capabilities, specialization in leadership makes for more effective leaders, and thus more effective and productive economic organization.

I think there is a general, maybe intuitive, understanding that this is true, which is why there is a general, maybe intuitive, tolerance or even respect for elites, that always works to undermine the arguments for working class solidarity against the plutocracy.