Date: Thu, 25 Feb 99 12:58:00 EST
From: "Brian J. Callahan" <Brian=J.=Callahan%MT%DFCI-AT-EYE.DFCI.HARVARD.EDU>
Subject: Re: The Dirty Jobs...


Dave Hayman, sectarian scum, writes:
>Another serious problem is that some jobs, such as management, give
>people familiarity with valuable information that they can use
>selfishly. Now, you may say that an anarchic society would have no
>managers, or that everyone would be a manager. If you want to have much
>in the way of technology, you will have to have management. Distributing
>management work evenly will not be easy, nor do I think it would happen
>spontaneously. To have everyone freely choose what they want to do, and
>have a sustainable society result, is asking for more luck than the
>universe is prepared to give us. Seems a simple enough point, but daring
>to say it makes me sectarian scum to some.

I disagree, mon ami. I think you are locked into the present method of 
production.  There is no reason people cannot work together in groups and 
coordinate.  This isn't the same as everybody doing what they want.  Just as 
an example, we have been without a manager in my department for 3 months, and 
we have been more efficient than at any time in the history of the 
department.  We coordinate our activities.  Hell, even the capitalists 
understand the strength of this model and have tried to harness it by the 
total quality management team approach.  Of course, the problem with the team 
in the present system is that we are all competitors as well.  This 
undermines mutual trust.  After The Revolution, though, this dynamic will be 
altered.