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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Harney thinks that if in America the conflict between capital and labor is not resolved...

Harney thinks that if in America the conflict between capital and labor is not resolved through a social revolution, that what you will end up with in the United States is essentially the same class-conflict-ridden European situation, and, like, we've seen, the Americans still think by the 1840s that there is such a possibility as an alternative future for American capitalism

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Harney thinks that
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if in America the conflict between capital and labor
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is not resolved through a social revolution,
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that what you will end up with in the United States
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is essentially the same class-conflict-ridden
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European situation,
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and, like, we've seen,
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the Americans still think by the 1840s
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that there is such a possibility
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as an alternative future for American capitalism.
Duration
28 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
02:33:25
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
That capital and labor don't have to be at odds. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
That capital and labor don't have to be at odds.
That the variable of land - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:19
That the variable of land
This is specifically in the United States. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
This is specifically in the United States.
The key here is that Marx is saying, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
The key here is that Marx is saying,
Because Northerners already were catching up - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:22
Because Northerners already were catching up
So Marx is writing, saying, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
So Marx is writing, saying,
But, secondly, and this is the deeper argument, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
But, secondly, and this is the deeper argument,
There is a very, very, virulent critique - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
There is a very, very, virulent critique
We know because people like Eric Foner have written about - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
We know because people like Eric Foner have written about
He's this well-known first American sociologist. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
He's this well-known first American sociologist.
He believes that slave society - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
He believes that slave society
Throughout human history, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
Throughout human history,
Throughout time this has been the case. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Throughout time this has been the case.
Why all of a sudden - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
Why all of a sudden
This is the lie that modern society has. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
This is the lie that modern society has.
It's not that there's this class conflict, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
It's not that there's this class conflict,
The problem is that what you want isn't possible. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
The problem is that what you want isn't possible.
The idea of a free society is a failure. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
The idea of a free society is a failure.
He writes this book called Slaves Without Masters, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
He writes this book called Slaves Without Masters,
Slaves Without Masters is the idea - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Slaves Without Masters is the idea