Market dependence makes workers hope for capitalist success.

Evidence

The state, then, in a capitalist society, takes on a specific role: it becomes a spokesperson for the “general interest”-not of any particular capitalist but of the entire economy, an economy that generates value from the exploitation of the majority. And of course, once the working classes are bound by market dependence, they also hope for the economy to do well, so as to secure their jobs. As Miliband explains, governments justify their support of the capitalist class by claiming their pro-business policies are in the national interest and thus benefit everyone: Given their view of that system, it is easy to understand why governments should wish to help business in every possible way, yet do not at all feel that this entails any degree of bias towards particular classes, interests and groups… — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 368

Categorization

• XREF: Market dependence as a disciplining device connects to how wage-labor coercion functions; echoes the Marxian barbarism-or-communism frame from the critique of postmodernism. — connects to: Capitalism calibrates incentives to make workers risk death for subsistence — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 194; Capitalists themselves are compelled to innovate by impersonal market forces — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 124; Capitalists are as bound by market imperatives as workers are — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention, 124 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Capitalists are as bound by market imperatives as workers are #qualifies (0.85) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 124
• Exploitation expands because of market dependence rather than capitalist greed. #expands (0.85) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 108
• Capitalism’s break from earlier systems is market dependence, not markets themselves. #expands (0.80) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 62
• Capitalist growth fundamentally depends on paying workers less than they produce. #expands (0.75) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 104