Government discipline replaced bosses in raising exploitation rates during war

Evidence

The state’s role as disciplinarian altered the specific characteristics of capitalism as a socioeconomic system. Instead of bosses, it was now governments implementing the harshest techniques to increase the rate of exploitation. They prevented workers from accepting better-paid jobs, kept wages low, and extended the working day by making overtime mandatory. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 173

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: War-induced labor scarcity forced state intervention to discipline workers — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 171